Cheesy Bacon Mini Egg Muffins Recipe (2025)

FAQs

How do you keep egg muffins from sticking to muffin pans? ›

Preheat the oven to 350ºF and grease a non-stick muffin pan (affiliate link). Alternatively, you can use paper liners or silicone liners to prevent sticking.

Egg muffins can get spongy if there is too much liquid in them. It's best to saute any veggies before adding them to your egg muffins to prevent them from getting a spongy texture. How long do you put egg muffins in the oven? You put egg muffins in the oven for 15- 20 minutes at 350 F.

Using a muffin/cupcake pan, line the holes with a slice of bacon, pressing the bacon around the sides of the hole, not on the bottom. Crack one egg into each hole. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cheese if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until the egg is the doneness you like.

All-purpose flour and baking powder – The secret ingredients! They help the egg muffins create a light and puffy–yet stable–structure as they bake. Without them, the egg muffins will collapse inside the muffin cups.

Silicone muffin liners are best because they release the egg muffins easily, clean up quickly and you don't need to grease them. Avoid paper liners as they are difficult to remove from baked muffins. If silicone liners are not available, generously spray muffin tin with cooking spray.

If your muffins turned out rubbery this means that you left them in the oven for too long. When eggs are overcooked they become dry and rubbery. This is why it's important to use a timer when cooking.

Of course you can use your muffin tin to bake these but one thing that makes these really easy, from preparation to clean up, are THESE (<affiliate) parchment paper cupcake wrappers that I found. Note: I would NOT recommend making these using regular cupcake wrappers.

If there isn't enough egg, your batter or dough may not be able to hold its structure or could end up overly dry or dense. On the other hand, if there is too much egg, your baked goods could lose their shape due to excess liquid, or have a rubbery (or even overly cakey) texture depending on the recipe.

Once smoke begins to clear, place the bacon in the pan. Cook over low heat for about 1 minute. As the bacon starts releasing fat, flip and add in eggs. Cover with lid and cook for about 2 minutes.

Remove sheet pan from oven and arrange bacon so that you have six wells where you can place the eggs. Crack eggs into the wells. Place bacon and eggs back into the oven and cook about 5 minutes or until eggs whites are set. Garnish with parsley.

What is the best pan for bacon and eggs? ›

The Hard Anodized Fry Pan, because of it's even heating and durability, is even better if you're looking to get a crispy sear on your bacon before throwing in some sunny-side-up eggs to finish. Because what's better than an egg cooked in bacon fat? Practically nothing.

Muffin was underbaked and cell structure wasn't set. When the cell structure doesn't set, the air spaces created by the leavening in the recipe collapses, causing the muffin to sink. Oven temperatures vary over time. To insure the correct temperature each time you bake, always use an oven thermometer.

To remove any baked-on residue on the top of the pan, grab a sturdy pan scraper. Combined with hot, soapy water, it will quickly remove even burnt-on bits. Rinse the pan thoroughly, then dry.

The amount of fat in the muffin batter affects how easily the baked muffin can be removed from the pan. Lightly spray the bottom of each muffin cup with no-stick cooking spray or use paper or aluminum foil cup liners. Use aluminum foil cup liners. Spray the foil cup liners with no-stick cooking spray.

There are many other ways to keep your muffins from getting stuck in the pan. If you prefer not to use butter, try one of these options: Cooking Spray - Vegetable oil sprays are a popular option for greasing baking pans and it will work with muffin tins as well.