Dad’s Breakfast Pizza

Description

This recipe can be very versatile depending on your preferences. My whole family used to gather at 10 a.m. every Sunday morning at Mom and Dad’s for breakfast. Dad made this up one Sunday, and it has been a favorite of ours ever since =)

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 pound bacon, chopped
  • 2 (12 ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits (10 biscuits per can)
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 12 eggs
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • ½ green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a 9×12-inch baking sheet with cooking spray.
  2. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat
  3. stirring often
  4. until the bacon is browned and crisp
  5. about 10 minutes. Remove bacon pieces with a slotted spoon
  6. and drain on paper towels.
  7. Open up the cans of biscuits
  8. separate the biscuits
  9. and arrange onto the prepared baking sheet so they touch. Press the biscuit dough down to seal them together into a crust that covers the baking sheet.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is slightly cooked and very lightly browned
  11. about 5 minutes. Do not overbake. Remove from oven.
  12. Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until the foam disappears. Beat the eggs in a bowl
  13. and pour the eggs into the hot skillet. Use a spatula to lift and gently stir the eggs just until set
  14. but still moist
  15. 3 to 4 minutes. Arrange the lightly scrambled eggs on the semi-baked biscuit crust. Top with the cooked bacon
  16. onion
  17. and green pepper; spread the Cheddar cheese all over the pizza. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
  18. Return to oven
  19. and bake on the top rack until the cheese is melted and bubbling and has begun to brown
  20. about 10 more minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 12

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