Make these Baked Ham and Egg Muffin Cups for breakfast or brunch especially for special occasions like Easter or Mother’s Day when brunch is more fun.

Low carb breakfast recipes are fairly easy to come by since eggs and meat are typically low carb. However, taking ordinary ingredients and turning them into a fun treat is more fun! If you are looking for ideas you can use for brunch, you can stop  here!

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Low Carb Baked Ham And Egg Muffin Cups Recipe

In all honesty, when we first started making these and figured out how long to cook them, we made them every weekend for a while. They are that good. Now we save them for special occasions like when we have house guests for Easter. 

There is lots of versatility with this recipe. You can add all sorts of things to the eggs if you like. While we cook ours with the egg whole, you can scramble the eggs prior to adding them also.

Try these with veggies also; Baked Egg & Veggie Muffin Omelets

Ingredients

• 6 Eggs
• Sliced thin ham (like Canadian bacon)
• Shredded Cheddar cheese
• Salt
• Pepper

Optional Ingredients

• Tomatoes
• Basil
• Spinach
• Mushrooms
• Peppers
• Name your own!

Step 1

Easy to cook

Spray you muffin pan with non-stick spray. My muffin pan is super old and consequently very seasoned and dark black but it will stick if I don’t spray it!

Step 2

Insert a piece of ham into each section of the muffin pan. You may need to cut or tear the ham to get it to lay down.

Then top the ham with one egg. If you are adding any optional ingredients, break the egg with a fork and poke down those ingredients into the egg before baking. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

When to add the cheese

If you prefer the cheese on top, wait until the eggs are done, sprinkle the cheese on top and pop back into the oven just long enough to melt the cheese.

Want your cheese on bottom? Sprinkle the cheese onto the ham then add the egg. 

Step 3

Bake in a preheated oven at 350° for about 20-25 minutes or until the eggs are done. If you like eggs just a little less done, remove them sooner.

Baked eggs are good

What is so great about baked eggs? Everything! For one thing, you can cook 12 at one time if you have a 12 cup muffin pan! That fact alone makes these a good solution for special occasions or when you have house guests to feed or maybe you have a big family. 

Another great thing about baked eggs is they suddenly become a finger food making them a good idea for busy mornings for a grab and go breakfast.

Serve them for brunch and they will seem fancy. Be sure to sprinkle the tops with some dried basil, chopped green onions or one of those pretty green delights to make them look fancy for the occasion.

Well done or over easy

Feel free to adjust baking time so that you can serve your Baked Ham and Egg Cups either well done or over easy. Precooked meats are best so that you can focus on the eggs baking and not try to time the cooking of both the egg and the meat. 

Printable recipe below.

See how easy those are to make! It’s a wonder we are not cooking these all of the time. We love ham and eggs at our house. 

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