Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

• Source: Marlboro Country Cookbook
• Makes 8 Servings

Ingredients Edit

• 4 cups cold mashed potatoes
• ½ cup crumbled crisp bacon or diced ham
• ¼ cup minced or grated onion
• ¼ cup chopped fresh herbs, optional (tarragon, dill, parsley, etc.)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• bacon fat or butter
• ½ cup dry bread crumbs
• 8 eggs
• 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar, jack, etc.)

Directions Edit

1. Combine mashed potatoes, bacon, onion, herbs and pepper, stirring until well mixed.
2. Grease a shallow baking pan with bacon fat.
3. Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
4. Spoon 8 mounds of potato mixture onto pan.
5. With back of spoon, make deep depressions large enough to contain eggs in the potatoes.
6. Bake in a 450 oven for 10 minutes or until potatoes are hot.
7. Reduce heat to 350°F.
8. Drop eggs into potato hollows.
9. Bake for 20 minutes or until eggs are set.
10. Sprinkle with cheese.
11. Return to oven for a few minutes until cheese melts and eggs are done.