Bacon and Egg Pancake Cups!

 

Happy Pancake Day People!

Instead of making your ordinary chocolate chip or blueberry pancakes (not that there's anything wrong with those!) for supper, I searched the internet for a more interesting and filling recipe. I stumbled upon these bacon and egg pancake cups and thought that they were GENIUS.

They're fantastic with maple syrup!

Here's the recipe... :)

Ingredients:

- 6 strips of bacon 

- 6 eggs
- your favorite pancake mix

The pancake recipe I used calls for:

- 1 cup of flour

- 1.5 tsp of baking powder

- 1/4 cup of sugar

- 2 cups of milk

- 1 egg

- cinnamon

Directions:

1. Mix up a small batch of your favorite pancake batter. About enough to serve 2-3 pancakes. 

2. Grease 6 molds of a muffin pan.
3. Put a thin layer of pancake batter at the bottom of each mold. This layer must be very thin (about 1/4 inch); thinner than when you normally make pancakes because the pancakes will rise when cooked and you want room for your eggs.
4. Preheat the oven to 350F and bake the pancakes in the oven for about 3-4 minutes, until the batter is almost completely cooked.
5. Cook strips of bacon in a pan until they are about half done.
6. Line the bacon around the inside of each muffin mold.
7. Crack an egg and pour it into the middle of each mold. If you are using large or extra large eggs, leave out some of the egg white, or else it will take too long for the egg white to cook and you may overcook your egg yolk.
8. Bake at 400F for about 8 minutes or until the eggs are cooked to your desired doneness.

YEAH! They were pretty freakin' amazing. I ate three in one sitting!

If you have any great pancake recipes please share them, I'd love to get some gems to add to my recipe book (a folder on my desktop :P)