Big Bacon Breakfast Cups ala ~DKBB~

This makes a perfect Sunday breakfast or brunch entree.

Big Bacon Breakfast Cups ala ~DKBB~

(original recipe by Karen Burkett in the April/May 2013
edition of Taste of Home magazine)

6 to 12 slices of thick-sliced pepper bacon, cut in half

1 ½ cups frozen shredded hash brown potatoes

3 eggs

3 tsp. milk

Dash salt and pepper

3 tsp. butter

Shredded pepper jack cheese

Chopped green onion and fresh parsley (optional)

• Preheat oven to 375° F.
• In large 6-cup muffin ban, line muffin cups with bacon pieces, criss-crossing them in each cup.
• Loosely crumble pieces of tin foil (4 inch strips) and place 1 each in bacon-filled cups to keep bacon from sliding.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes (the longer you cook it, the crisper the bacon will be).
• While bacon is cooking, cook potatoes according to package directions.
• In a small bowl, whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper.
• In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat and pour in egg mixture; cook and stir until eggs are thickened and no liquid egg remains.
• When the bacon cups are done, transfer* them to a backing sheet; remove foil from each cup.
• Spoon hash browns into each cup; spoon egg mixture on top of hash browns; sprinkle cheese on top of each cup.
• Broil the full cups for 3 to 5 minutes (until cheese is melted).
• Top each cup with chopped green onions and fresh parsley, if desired.

*You can leave the bacon cups in the muffin pan, fill them, and broil them, but the result will be a bit greasier than if you remove the bacon cups from the muffin pan and place them on a baking sheet to complete.