{"id":6889,"date":"2011-11-13T20:41:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T02:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2011-11-13T20:41:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T02:41:28","slug":"hash-brown-baskets-with-egg-bacon-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/13\/hash-brown-baskets-with-egg-bacon-and-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Hash Brown Baskets with Egg, Bacon, and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pregnancy has completely changed my taste buds, and perhaps that&#8217;s a good thing. \u00c2\u00a0I used to eat oatmeal, yogurt, and smoothies for breakfast. \u00c2\u00a0Now the thought of something sweet in the morning is completely unappetizing. \u00c2\u00a0Most mornings, I&#8217;m craving something more savory. \u00c2\u00a0Eggs. \u00c2\u00a0Bacon. \u00c2\u00a0Breakfast Sausage. \u00c2\u00a0Hash browns. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve never been a big egg-lover, but that has certainly changed in recent months. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve had eggs for breakfast more often than not.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble with eggs is that they can be tough for an on-the-go breakfast. \u00c2\u00a0Eggs and bacon are more a leisurely weekend type of meal. \u00c2\u00a0And it seems like no matter how early The Littlest Apple and I wake up (it&#8217;s been around 5:15 for the last two weeks), we always have trouble getting out the the door on time. \u00c2\u00a0So when I saw this recipe on Pinterest, I thought it would be just perfect for a make ahead, grab-and-reheat savory breakfast, full of all those savory things I&#8217;m craving these days. \u00c2\u00a0To make these little beauties, you layer shredded hash browns in the bottom of a muffin tin to create &#8220;nests&#8221; or &#8220;baskets&#8221; for your eggs and other toppings. \u00c2\u00a0Then you simply crack an egg into each basket and top with bacon, cheese and whatever else your heart or pregnancy cravings desire. \u00c2\u00a0These turned out great! \u00c2\u00a0The only thing I might do differently next time is scramble my eggs first&#8230;.I prefer scrambled eggs to having the yolk all in one big yellow clump. \u00c2\u00a0But maybe that&#8217;s just me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6898\" title=\"Hash Brown Baskets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hash Brown Baskets with Egg, Bacon, and Cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>recipe from <a href=\"http:\/\/thevillagecook.com\/idaho-sunrise-part-two\/\">The Domestic Mama &amp; The Village Cook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 ounces frozen shredded hash browns, thawed (or grate your own!)<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp pepper<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese<\/li>\n<li>12 eggs<\/li>\n<li>Toppings (bacon, shredded cheese, parsley, anything else you can think of!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a bag (24oz) of thawed hash browns, mix in 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper, 2 tbs oil and about 1\/3 c shredded cheddar cheese. Put then in a well greased muffin tin, and make a well in the center.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 425\u00c2\u00b0F for 15-18 minutes, cover with foil if the edges appear to be getting too brown.<\/p>\n<p>Now, lower the oven to 350\u00c2\u00b0F. Crack a medium egg into each \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nest\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and top with bacon bits, cheese and parsley flakes or whatever else you&#8217;d like!<\/p>\n<p>Bake for about 13-16 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Gentle slide a knife along the edges, and gently pull up with a fork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6899\" title=\"Hash Brown Baskets 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets-2.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hash-Brown-Baskets-2-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What&#8217;s your favorite savory breakfast?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/13\/hash-brown-baskets-with-egg-bacon-and-cheese\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pregnancy has completely changed my taste buds, and perhaps that&#8217;s a good thing. \u00c2\u00a0I used to eat oatmeal, yogurt, and smoothies for breakfast. \u00c2\u00a0Now the thought of something sweet in the morning is completely unappetizing. \u00c2\u00a0Most mornings, I&#8217;m craving something more savory. \u00c2\u00a0Eggs. \u00c2\u00a0Bacon. \u00c2\u00a0Breakfast Sausage. \u00c2\u00a0Hash browns. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve never been a big egg-lover, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,27,11,10,26,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakfast","category-eggs","category-freezer-friendly","category-pork","category-potato","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6889"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6902,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions\/6902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}