Breakfast Boats

While browsing on Pinterest for some tasty breakfast ideas, I came across several versions of eggs in sourdough rolls. The first one was from Heather Likes Food. I liked the concept but it seemed like a lot of bread since you used small dinner rolls and cut out the centers. Also, I was not up for waiting around an hour (or a day) for them to be ready! I also found some at Spoon, Fork, Bacon that looked mighty tasty and the ratio of bread to filling was more like what I was looking for. But I'm a clean out the fridge sort of cook. And I don't normally have any pancetta or gruyere cheese hanging out in there with no plan. Bacon - yes! Cheddar cheese - yes!

So, I decided to combine the concepts and make up something that would work for our family.

Breakfast Boats

Ingredients:
4 mini baguettes (about 6 inches long)
5 eggs
2 T. sour creme (or plain yougurt or cottage cheese - whatever is handy)
1/3 cup milk
1/2 - 3/4 cup grated cheese (whatever kind you have handy)
4 strips bacon - cooked and crumbled
2 green onions, thinly sliced
Salt and Pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. Cut a channel in the top of each baguette and remove top and inside bread so they look like canoes. Make sure not to cut too low on the sides or the filling will run out. Put the bread boats on a foil line cookie sheet.

Whisk the eggs in a medium bowl.  Add the milk and sour creme and whisk to combine. Add in the remaining ingredients (including some salt and pepper) and stir to mix.

Divide the egg mixture between the boats. It's certainly not an exact science! I just scoop a bit in each one until all the mixture is gone. Don't worry that they look sort of empty. The egg quickly absorbs into the bread. As it bakes, it will puff up and fill up the whole thing. Add some fresh ground sea salt and pepper to the top before baking.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until egg had set as much as you like.

Enjoy!

Note: these would be great with whatever veggies you might have handy thrown in as well. Tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, etc. would all be tasty additions.