Breakfast Egg Desserts (Frittata Desserts)

August 21, 2023

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If it’s wholesome grab-and-go morning gas you’re after, check out those simple breakfast egg desserts. As scrumptious as a frittata however in handheld shape, those protein-packed breakfast bites are naturally gluten unfastened and low-carb. The most efficient section is you’ll make a batch initially of the week, and reheat as wanted.

spinach and feta egg muffins on blue plate with berries in background.

Do you meal prep? I attempt to when I will, however existence typically will get in the best way. When I’ve time (and my act in combination!), I typically bake a batch of rooster meatballs, breakfast cookies, and nowadays’s egg desserts. That approach we’ve a lunch possibility, plus a pair wholesome breakfast/snack choices available.

Nowadays’s egg desserts stay in reality neatly, and identical to when you are making a breakfast casserole or frittata, you’ll customise the flavour via opting for other add-ins. Make the spinach and pepper model within the recipe card beneath, check out the ham and cheese model detailed within the recipe Notes, or blend issues as much as uncover your individual favourite model!

You’ll Love Those Egg Desserts As a result of:

Fast & simple meal prep recipe that makes for faster and more straightforward breakfasts all week
Protein-packed, wholesome, gluten-free, and low-carb breakfast or snack
Best for busy mornings
More uncomplicated than quiche and mini quiche… no messing with pie crust!
Baked in a regular 12-count muffin pan (no fancy kitchen equipment required)
Those mighty desserts get your greens in very first thing, an impressive begin to the day!

egg muffins with ham, cheddar, red pepper, spinach, and feta.

Learn how to Make the Easiest Egg Desserts (Agree with Me, I Examined!)

8 Huge Eggs: The basis of those mini frittatas/desserts.
1/3 Cup Milk: Complete milk makes for the most efficient texture, but it surely’s a small quantity, so it’s now not a large deal to make use of low-fat or nondairy milk as an alternative. You’ll additionally use half-and-half for a creamier texture. In check batches with out milk, the desserts tasted dry.
Seasonings: Salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder are the flavour enhancers!
Upload-Ins: I incorporated bell peppers, tomatoes, and spinach within the recipe beneath, however you’ll select no matter greens you favor. I even have a ham and cheese model detailed within the recipe Notes.
Cheese: Use no matter form of cheese you experience absolute best with eggs. My favourite is crumbled feta, adopted intently via shredded sharp cheddar cheese.

ingredients on counter including chopped ham, red pepper, cheese, spinach, and milk in a liquid measuring cup.

Get started via whisking the eggs, milk, and seasonings in combination in a bowl. I really like to make use of a blending bowl with a pour spout. No matter greens/cooked meats you’re the usage of as add-ins, chop them up lovely finely.

Be sure to spray the muffin pan in reality neatly with nonstick spray. In an early around of checking out, I brushed the muffin cups with olive oil, and the egg desserts caught to the pan… what a nightmare to wash!

Divide the add-ins a number of the 12 muffin cups. It finally ends up being about 2–3 Tablespoons of add-ins in every. Sprinkle the cheese over every one. Then pour the egg aggregate on peak.

feta cheese, red pepper, and spinach piled in muffin pan.

beaten eggs in large liquid measuring cup.

See beneath: spinach, pepper, tomato, + feta model at the left and ham + cheddar model at the correct.

egg mixture poured in cupcake pan with various add-ins in each.

The egg desserts take about 20 mins to bake. Be expecting them to stand up in reality tall whilst they bake, like a soufflé, and glance more or less asymmetric and wonky. Embody the wonkiness; I promise it’s good enough. 😉 The egg desserts deflate as they cool.

Egg Muffin Flavors

Spinach, Tomato, Pepper, Feta: Within the recipe card beneath.
Ham & Cheddar Egg Desserts: Exchange the bell peppers, tomatoes, and spinach with 1 and 1/2 cups (225g or 6 oz..) of cooked ham (small-diced) and a couple of Tablespoons chopped recent parsley or chives. Exchange the feta cheese with shredded sharp cheddar cheese. All directions stay the similar.
Different Upload-ins and Cheeses: Use about 1 and 1/2 cups (round 225g) add-ins + 3/4 cup cheese overall. The model incorporated within the recipe card makes use of about 2 cups, however I don’t in reality rely spinach as it rarely takes up any room! Favourite add-ins come with cooked meats (or plant-based possible choices) like chopped/crumbled sausage, bacon, or rooster. Or check out mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, cooked corn, cooked potato, and/or cooked broccoli. You’ll blend any of those in combination to overall round 1 and 1/2 cups. Favourite cheeses come with white cheddar, pepper jack, smoked gouda, and crumbled goat cheese.

Garage Pointers

Refrigerating: As soon as the egg desserts are utterly cool, switch them to a meals garage container(s), quilt tightly, and refrigerate. Egg desserts can also be saved within the fridge for as much as 5 days. Those are the meals garage packing containers I’ve, which can be microwave-, oven-, dishwasher-, AND freezer-safe.
Freezing: For longer garage, be sure that your container is freezer-safe, and freeze the egg desserts for as much as 3 months. Thaw within the fridge in a single day, and apply the reheating directions beneath. Or skip thawing and microwave for 1–2 mins, or till warmed via.

Reheating Directions:

Microwave: Wrap or quilt egg desserts with a moist paper towel and microwave for 20–30 seconds, or till warmed via. (Don’t overheat, or they are going to style rubbery.)
Oven: Bake, coated, in a 350°F (177°C) oven for five–10 mins, or till warmed via.
Air Fryer: Air fry at 375°F (191°C) for three–4 mins, or till warmed all over.

What to Serve With Egg Desserts

Those breakfast bites are egg-cellent on their very own, or along recent fruit or a smoothie. I additionally love them served with salsa and avocado, or sprinkled with chopped parsley and chives, grated parmesan cheese, or a pinch of crimson pepper flakes.

If you happen to’re making plans to serve those egg desserts as a part of a larger meal like a brunch, they pair properly with ham and potato casserole, baked cream cheese French toast casserole, complete wheat waffles or complete wheat pancakes, and cinnamon rolls. (Smartly, I will make a case for cinnamon rolls to head with just about anything else.)

ham and cheese egg muffins on blue plate with berries in background.

Why do my egg desserts style rainy?

Like omelets and scrambled eggs, the desserts will clearly be wet and spongy. However they shouldn’t be soggy and overly rainy. If you happen to’re experiencing this, you will have added too many add-ins, or the desserts have been underbaked.

Can I make those in a mini muffin pan?

Sure, completely. For mini egg desserts, chop your greens/add-ins even finer and use a mini muffin pan. Use the similar oven temperature, however cut back the bake time to about 10 mins.

Why do my egg desserts deflate?

That is utterly customary and anticipated. Cheesecake and chocolate soufflé, each egg-heavy goods, deflate when cooling, too. That’s as a result of whisked eggs have numerous air bubbles. They amplify within the oven, after which when the temperature drops, the baked merchandise drops as neatly. This could also be true for egg desserts.

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