Sausage Cheese Breakfast Cups Recipes

SAUSAGE BREAKFAST CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In 10-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium heat, stirring frequently, until thoroughly cooked. Drain; return sausage to skillet. Stir flour into sausage. Over medium heat, gradually add milk, cooking and stirring until bubbly and thickened. Stir in salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. Remove from heat; set aside.
• In small bowl, beat eggs, half-and-half, parsley flakes, garlic salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper with wire whisk until well blended; set aside.
• In another 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt 1/2 tablespoon of the butter over medium-high heat. Stir in potatoes. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until lightly browned and almost fork-tender. Reduce heat to medium-low; stir remaining 1/2 tablespoon butter into potatoes. Pour egg mixture over potatoes; cook, folding potatoes into egg mixture, just until firm and moist. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Separate dough into 8 biscuits; place each biscuit in ungreased 2 3/4x1 1/4-inch muffin cup. Firmly press dough in bottom and up side of each cup, forming 1/2-inch rim. Spoon potato mixture evenly into dough-lined cups. Spoon sausage mixture evenly over potato mixture (cups will be very full).
• Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until edges of biscuits are deep golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups. If desired, garnish each with fresh parsley.

3-INGREDIENT CHEESY SAUSAGE BISCUIT CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, mix cheese and sausage. Separate dough into 8 biscuits; cut each into 6 pieces; add to bowl, and gently stir with cheese and sausage.
• Divide mixture by placing 3 pieces of biscuit in each muffin cup. Divide any cheese and sausage mixture left in bowl among muffin cups; top with remaining pieces of biscuit.
• Bake 22 to 24 minutes or until golden brown and biscuits are cooked through. Cool in pan 2 minutes. Run knife or metal spatula around edges of cups; remove.

MAKE AHEAD SAUSAGE EGG CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350.
• Prep your muffin tin by spraying each cup with cooking spray, or coating with oil.
• In a large skillet add 1 tbsp olive oil and cook the sausage until it is cooked through and crumbled. If there is excess oil drain the fat from the sausage before moving on.
• Add the 2 cups fresh baby spinach and 3/4 cup green onion, stirring occasionally, until the spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the 1/2 cup fresh basil, stir to combine. Set aside and let cool for a few minutes.
• Meanwhile whisk the 8 eggs, 1 1/2 cups half & half, 1/2 tsp salt, and pepper together until the eggs and milk are completely smooth.
• **This recipe can make 12 large egg cups or up to 24 smaller egg cups, divide your filling according to how many sausage egg muffins you want. Divide the sausage mixture evenly into the muffin cups. Pour enough egg mixture so that it is almost to the top of each cup. Sprinkle each cup with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 15-18 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and they cooked through the center. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the muffin tin.You may need to run a knife around the edge of each muffin cup to remove them from the pan.

BREAKFAST CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 18 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Roll out biscuit dough on a lightly floured surface to form 5-inch rounds. Place each round in the prepared muffin cups, pressing into the base and sides to form a dough cup.
• Cook and stir sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat until browned and cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes; drain fat. Spoon sausage into dough cups.
• Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a bowl until well-beaten. Pour egg mixture into each dough cup, filling each just below the top of the biscuit dough. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top of egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set and biscuit dough is golden, 15 to 18 minutes.

SAVORY SAUSAGE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Add sausage to a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a spatula, breaking apart the sausage until cooked, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and let cool.
• Combine regular and vegetable cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, green onion, and cooled, crumbled sausage in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
• Unroll 1 crescent dough sheet and press into a 9x12-inch rectangle. Cut 6 rows across and 4 rows vertically to yield 24 squares. Repeat with the second package of dough.
• Place 1 square in each cup of two nonstick 24-cup mini muffin tins, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides.
• Drop 1 heaping teaspoon of sausage filling into each cup. Filling should be up to the top of the cup, but you do not need to press it down.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the dough is golden brown, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes in the tins before removing to a platter.

BREAKFAST BISCUIT CUPS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the flour, salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper until blended; gradually add 3/4 cup milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat and set aside., In another large skillet over medium heat, cook potatoes in butter until tender. Whisk the eggs, garlic salt and remaining milk and pepper; add to skillet. Cook and stir until almost set., Press each biscuit onto the bottom and up the sides of 8 ungreased muffin cups. Spoon the egg mixture, half the cheese, and sausage into cups; sprinkle with remaining cheese., Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan. Freeze option: Freeze cooled biscuit cups in a freezer container, separating layers with waxed paper. To use, microwave 1 frozen biscuit cup on high for 50-60 seconds or until heated through.

SAUSAGE AND CHEESE BREAKFAST CUPS - SOUTH BEACH DIET

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat a 6 cup non-stick muffin pan with cooking spray or line with paper baking cups.
• In a medium non-stick skillet, cook the sausage, peppers, and onions for 5 minutes, or until sausage is no longer pink.
• Spoon mixture and cool slightly.
• Stir in eggs and mushrooms.
• Evenly divide mixture into 6 muffin cups; Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until egg is set.

BIRD'S NEST BREAKFAST CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups.
• Mix hash brown potatoes, salt, black pepper, olive oil, and 2/3 cup shredded Cheddar cheese in a bowl. Divide mixture between prepared muffin cups and use your fingers to shape potato mixture into nests with hollows in the middle.
• Bake in the preheated oven until hash browns are browned on the edges and cheese has melted, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove hash brown nests.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs and water in a bowl until thoroughly combined; season with salt and black pepper. Pour equal amount of egg mixture into each nest; sprinkle with bacon crumbles and 1 teaspoon Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the oven until eggs are set, 13 to 16 minutes. Let cool in pans and remove by sliding a knife between potato crust and muffin cup.