The Tailgater's Handbook Recipe for Sausage-Egg-Potato Muffins
Ingredients
4 cups Shredded potatoes or hash browns, thawed
1 small onion diced
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
12 links Pre-cooked JOHNSONVILLE® Original Breakfast Sausage
6 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cups (4 ounces) Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cups (4 ounces) Shredded Colby Jack cheese
2 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
Chives or green onion to garnish
Directions
Directions
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Prepare sausage according to package instructions, cool, and cut each link into 6 peices and set asside.
3. In a bowl combine potatoes, onion, butter, salt and pepper; divide evenly into 12 greased muffin cups pressing mixture onto sides and bottom of muffin cups.
4. Bake at 400°F for 14 minutes or until lightly browned.
5. Remove muffin tin from the oven and divide sausage pieces into muffin cups.
6. Place 1/12 of the cream cheese into each muffin cup atop the sausage slices.
7. In a bowl, combine eggs, cheese and bell pepper.
8. Spoon mixture evenly into muffin cups.
9. Sprinkle the tops with chives or green onions.
10. Return tin to the oven and bake 13-15 minutes or until set.
