The . . . . . said only one thing - can you make them for me!!!
So up comes google and out come the recipe books and on go the glasses. These are my first attempt - there are somethings that need tweaking although judging by the way the sample one disappeared I would say maybe the tweaks are more for my taste than his!
Ingrediants - works out at 261 cal per mini loaf
2 cups plain flour
1/4 cup of sugar
4tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup of semi skimmed milk
1/4 cup sunflower oil
2 eggs
250g cream cheese
1/4 cup of grated cheddar cheese
150g bacon lardons
Preheat the oven to 170C
Fry off the bacon until crispy and then put to one side to cool
Put flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl and mix in 1 egg, the milk and the oil - you need to whisk this by hand as it is very gloopy and will stick to the electric whisks turning them into a piece of modern art!
On a large baking sheet lay out 10 mini loaf cases (or place 12 muffin cases in a muffin tray if you prefer) divide the thick dough between the cases and spread it out - it will half fill the case - put to one side
In a bowl place the cream cheese and whisk in 1 egg - this makes it fairly runny - dont panic!
Stir in the cheese and the cool bacon
Divide the mix equally amongst the cases
Place in the over for 15 - 20 minutes until firm and a fork comes out clean.
Serve warm (20 second zap in the microwave if in a packed lunch)
What you get is a base layer which tastes weirdly like suet pasty although there is no suet in there and is quite dense. The topping is a bacon/egg/cheesey mix a bit like an omlette - together they seem to work
So what will I be changing?
Sugar - less of it or maybe maple syrup instead to tie it better to the bacon and loosen up the batter a bit more.
Salt - there was too much of it with the bacon
Herbs - it needs a fuller flavour - would also be nice with fried onions
Feel free to experiment and tell me how you get on
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