Start your morning off right with a Maple Bacon Breakfast Pie, where savory bacon blends perfectly with sweet maple syrup, tasty hash browns, and perfectly cooked eggs all in a flaky crust for a deliciously satisfying meal.
This bacon pie is a hit whenever I make it. It's creamy, flavorful, and topped with extra delicious bacon! Yum!
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For more tasty breakfast recipes check out my cinnamon pull apart, easy french toast, easy sticky buns, and this tasty blueberry coffee cake!
What you need:
Premade Pie Crust: I use the Pillsbury pie dough from the refrigerated section. You can also make your own like I did for my caramel pear pie recipe!
Bacon: I recommend a good thick bacon and there is no better than Good Rancher's Bacon!
Potatoes: Cook up some frozen hash browns or diced potatoes.
Cheese: Shredded Cheddar and Gouda are my go-to cheese, but any good melting cheese will work great.
Green Onions: These add extra tasty flavor!
Custard: Corn Starch, Whole Milk, Large Eggs, Heavy Cream, Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder
Maple Syrup: Brush this over the bacon weave before baking for a nice hint of sweetness!
9 inch Deep Dish Pie Dish: This will give you a tasty thick pie!
What is a breakfast pie?
This pie is essentially a quiche. It is a custard filling with added breakfast ingredients (like bacon and cheese).
Why does this recipe take so long?
Since it is a custard, similar to a pumpkin pie with sweetened condensed milk, the egg and milk mixture needs a lot of time to cook and cool in order to properly set.
If you cook too quickly or change the ratio of eggs to milk/cream you can have a watery mess that no one would want to eat.
I promise though the time is worth it!
How to blind bake the crust?
- Place the dough in the pie dish, then cover with foil or parchment paper.
- Fill the pie dish (in the foil) with sugar, uncooked rice, or pie weights.
- Bake the pie for 10 minutes, then remove the sugar and foil, and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
Why fill the pie with pie weights?
This helps support the sides of pie crust in order to allow it to bake upright without the sides slumping down.
Why blind bake the crust?
Blind baking allows the crust to crisp a little so it doesn't become a soggy mess when adding the filling.
Helpful Tip:
If your store bought pie crust isn't quite big enough for your deep-dish pie dish, just carefully roll it into a large circle on a floured surface. Then place in the dish and bake accordingly!
How to make the breakfast pie?
- Cook 5 pieces of bacon, when cool, crumble and set aside.
- Cook frozen hash browns according to package instructions.
- In a large bowl, add cornstarch and a little milk. Whisk until cornstarch is fully incorporated.
- Then add remaining milk, heavy cream, eggs, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Whisk until fully mixed.
- Add the crumbled bacon, cheese, green onion, and cooked hash browns to the prebaked pie crust then carefully pour the egg mixture over the top.
- Bake in the oven until a toothpick comes out clean and an internal temperature of 175°F is reached. I love using this thermometer for spot checking all my baked goods (affiliate link).
- Once done baking the pie will have puffed up and be golden brown on top. Allow the pie to cool on a wire rack for up to 2 hrs.
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- As it cools it will flatten out.
- Add bacon weave on top then serve!
Helpful Tip:
Place pie dish on a baking sheet and then bake. This makes moving the pie in and out of the oven super easy!
How to make a bacon weave?
- Lay 5 pieces going left to right and 5 pieces going 90 degrees to those, weave the pieces together. You want a tight wave that forms a square/rectangle.
- Brush the weave with maple syrup, then flip carefully onto an oven safe baking rack (most metal cooling racks work great as long as they don't have a plastic coating) and place that on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- Brush the other side with maple syrup, then bake at the same time the pie is baking.
- Check the weave at 30 minutes, then every 5 minutes thereafter until it is cooked. Then carefully remove from oven, use a spatula and some tongs, and carefully flip the entire weave.
- Place back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes until that side is nicely cooked.
Can I cook the bacon weave on top of the pie?
No. When you place the weave on the pie and bake it together, you get unevenly and undercooked, floppy bacon and the pie gets swamped with bacon grease and it turns into a soggy mess.
I tried several ways to get the bacon to cook through and look nice as a weave. Cooking the weave separately was the best result.
Let's talk bacon real quick!
Good Rancher's sent me their bacon to use in this recipe and it is stellar. No surprises there!
Their bacon is thick, flavorful, and super delicious. I've used it for bacon wrapped dates, bacon roses, bacon grilled cheese, pumpkin spice bacon pancakes, and even candied bacon and it is always a hit!
Good Rancher's is a great company that supports American ranchers and delivers delicious meat to your home! Check them out and make sure to use my code JOY for $30 of your first box!
Can you use 2% milk? Do you have to use heavy cream?
I do not recommend using anything other than whole milk and heavy cream.
Whole milk and heavy cream make the best combination for a custard. You need lots of fat to get the richness and correct texture.
How to serve maple bacon pie?
Serve this dish at room temperature or warm.
How to store breakfast pie?
Store quiche covered in the refrigerator. Best eaten within 3-5 days.
Can you freeze quiche?
Yes! Freeze the quiche by wrapping it in saran wrap and then placing it in a gallon freezer bag for up to 3 months.
When ready to eat, allow it to thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Reheat in the oven at 350°F until heated through, or microwave single servings.
Check out my recipes using their meat like this shake and bake chicken, steak pasta, and fried scallops! All so delicious!
Also check out my breakfast recipes like breakfast tacos, breakfast bacon burritos, French toast, and more!
Maple Bacon Breakfast Pie
Ingredients
- 1 premade crust* I used refrigerated Pillsbury pie crust dough
- 15 slices Good Rancher's bacon divided* (this is a thick bacon)
- 2 cups shredded frozen hash browns cooked*
- 1 ½ tbs corn starch
- 1 ½ cups whole milk
- 8 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup green onions chopped (~4-6 green onions)
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup shredded gouda cheese
- ¼ cup maple syrup for brushing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F and move rack to the lower middle position.
- Blind Bake Pie Crust: Place your premade pie dough in deep dish 9 inch pie dish. Cover pie dough with foil, then gently fill foil with sugar, or some pie weights. Bake for 10 minutes, then carefully remove foil with the sugar/pie weights, and bake for an additional 4 minutes. It should have slightly browned edges and the bottom will be light in color. Then remove from oven, set aside, and reduce oven temperature to 350°F.1 premade crust*
- In a large fry pan cook hash browns according to package instructions. This usually includes heating oil and frying the potatoes until browned on both sides. Once cooked remove from pan and set aside.2 cups shredded frozen hash browns
- Add 5 pieces of bacon to the fry pan and cook over medium heat until they crisp, 5-7 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and crumble when cool enough to handle.15 slices Good Rancher's bacon
- While cooked bacon is cooling, make a bacon weave out of the remaining 10 pieces of raw bacon. 5 pieces going left to right and 5 pieces going 90 degrees to those, weaved in-between. You want a tight wave that forms a square/rectangle. Brush the weave with maple syrup, then flip carefully onto an oven safe baking rack (most metal cooling racks work great as long as they don't have a plastic coating) and place that on a large rimmed baking sheet. Brush the other side with maple syrup. Set aside.15 slices Good Rancher's bacon, ¼ cup maple syrup for brushing
- In a large bowl, whisk cornstarch with ¼ cup milk to dissolve. Then whisk in remaining milk, eggs, heavy cream, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.1 ½ tbs corn starch, 1 ½ cups whole milk, 8 large eggs, 1 ½ cups heavy cream, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Sprinkle bacon, cheese, cooked hash browns, and green onions over the crust, then carefully pour the custard mixture into the dish. Gently push the filling into the custard and stir a bit to dislodge any air bubbles in the mixture.½ cup green onions, ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese, ½ cup shredded gouda cheese
- Bake until top of pie is lightly browned, tooth pick inserted comes out clean, and it has an internal temperature of 175°F. This will take ~70-90 minutes. Bake the bacon weave at the same time as the pie, checking at 30 minutes, then every 5 minutes after until it is cooked through. If you can, I recommend flipping the bacon weave at the 30-minute mark to get the underside nice and browned.
- Once the bacon weave is cooked remove from oven and set aside
- Once pie is done, remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for up to two hours. You want it cool enough to touch. Initially the pie will poof up as it bakes, but will flatten as it cools.
- Once ready to serve, place bacon weave on top, use a sharp knife to cut through the pie. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
- *Premade Pie Dough: If your premade dough isn't large enough for a deep-dish pie dish, gently roll it out on a floured surface to make it a little larger.
- Corn starch: Corn starch helps keep the eggs from breaking down into a water mess when interacting with the onions.
- Bacon: I use a thick bacon for this weave, and Good Rancher's is so tasty! If you use a thin bacon, it might shrink more and cook faster, so be sure to keep an eye on it!
- Bacon Weave: I tried several ways to get the bacon to cook through and look nice. Cooking the weave separately was the best result. When you place the weave on the pie and bake it together, you get unevenly and undercooked, floppy bacon and the pie gets swamped with bacon grease and it turns into a soggy mess.
- Potatoes: You can use diced potatoes too. Just make sure they are cooked before going into the pie.
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