Breakfast Sandwiches

Don't you just love a hot breakfast sandwich from McDonalds? I can't get over my sausage biscuit obsession, but sometimes, you just want to lounge in your PJs instead of racing to McDonalds for a McGriddle before 10:30 (who's up on the weekend in time for their 10:30 cut off anyways?!?). It's easy enough to make a tasty breakfast sandwich at home any time of the day! I'll tell you how:)

First, you'll need to gather the ingredients. I usually have either bagels or English muffins (but you can totally use regular bread too), eggs and cheese on hand all the time. But you'll also need a protein (if you like meat in your breakfast sandwich...and I LOVE MEAT). So next time you go to the grocery store, pick up some bacon or sausage (if you're super lazy, just get the pre-formed raw patties). Use what you need, and freeze the rest until you want to make another Bacon, Egg & Cheese.

Next, crack a few eggs (about 1 per sandwich) and mix them with a little milk or cream, salt & pepper, and a few dashes of hot sauce (I dunno why, but this really makes them amazing! And not spicy, I promise). Scramble them up just like you're making scrambled eggs, but when they are almost set, form them into whatever shape your bread is. And at the very end, put your cheese on top (while they're still in the pan) so that it can melt.

Then, cook your bacon or sausage. Bacon is super easy to cook in the microwave--just follow the instructions on the package. Or, I usually make it in the oven, which is super easy too. Ryan and I bought a cookie cooling rack that we've dedicated to proteins (you can cook chicken like this too!). We spray it with some Pam and put it inside a half-sheet pan (make sure the pan has sides) lined with some aluminum foil. Put a few slices of bacon on the cookie rack, and cook in the oven at 425 for 15(ish) minutes, or until the bacon is as crispy as you like it. Cooking it like this lets the fat drain off the bacon, and it ends up crispier than in the microwave. Of course, you can cook it in a pan the old-fashioned way too, but whenever I do it that way I get little fat sprays all over my stove. Sausage I do in a frying pan, with fat sprays all over the stove.

While your eggs are scrambling and bacon or sausage cooking, toast your bread, then butter it (if you really want that greasy, fast food taste).

Put the protein on the bread, and top with the eggs with cheese, and the other piece of bread. Whip up some coffee and pour some OJ, then, head back into bed, snuggle with your sweetie and enjoy your delicious and homemade breakfast sandwich!!

My bacon, egg & cheese bagel sandwich:

A delicious sausage, egg & cheese croissanwich.