Good Morning Muffins

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 12-count muffin pan or line pan with muffin cups.

In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and fresh ground black pepper. Using a pastry blender or the tines of a fork, cut shortening into flour mixture until shortening/flour mixture resembles small peas. Set aside.

In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the beaten eggs just until set. Do not over cook as they will continue cooking when you bake the muffins. Remove pan from heat and allow eggs to cool for five minutes.

Add cooked eggs, cheese and bacon to flour mixture. Add milk and fold ingredients together just until incorporated. Do not over mix.

Scoop into muffin cups right to the edge of muffin well. Bake at 350ºF for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Makes one dozen muffins.

Notes:
– Be sure to use fresh grated cheese. It really does make a difference. It melts and tastes better. Feel free to use any add-ins that you like.
– Salsa, black olives, sausage, ham, any cheese you have in the fridge, any veggies all work wonderfully in this recipe. Get creative!
– These freeze beautifully. Feel free to double or triple the batch and freeze them for weekday mornings. Just zap for a minute or two in the microwave.