COOK: Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches

KC loves Sausage Breakfast Sandwiches, and I love that they are so easy to make in a big batch ahead of time, and throw in the freezer.  He can grab one for his lunch bag, or heat it while he's getting ready and eat it as he drives to work.

There are lots of ways you can customize these, different flavors of breakfast sausage, different cheeses, it's up to you.  I've tried these with bacon, and it tends to dry out and doesn't reheat as well.

These freeze wonderfully for about 3 months (they get gobbled up before they sit that long!)

Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches

Ingredients:

12 English Muffins

12 Large Eggs (if desired)

1 Pound Breakfast Sausage 

OR

12 Slices Canadian Bacon

8 Ounces Cheddar Cheese (sliced)

Butter

Preparation:

If you are going to add eggs:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, crack an egg in each cup, (you can poke the yolk and even give it a quick scramble if you don't like a whole yolk), then bake for about 10-12 minutes, until eggs look set.  Remove eggs from muffin tin and set aside to cool.  

Next cook meat of choice:

For sausage; cut roll into 12 pieces and flatten into small patties (or save time and buy the premade patties, I find them a little to small for the English Muffins, and we like the sausage to be thinner.)  Pop them into a pan or on the griddle and cook both sides until done, set aside to cool.

For Canadian Bacon; simply put into a hot pan, or on the griddle, cook until warm and slightly browned.  If your Canadian Bacon tries to curl while you are cooking cut a slit from the center to one side, this will help it stay flat.  Set aside to cool.

Turn on your broiler, on the low setting if available.  Lightly butter the inside of each English Muffin half and pop it under your Broiler until lightly toasted.

Slice cheddar cheese, as you can see in my picture I wasn't having a good slicing day, luckily once it melts you can't tell!  

After everything has cooled (if it's still hot the muffins get a bit soggy.) you can assemble your sandwiches, you can start with the egg or meat, but you want to have the cheese on the top, it melts better when you heat them later.

Wrap each sandwich in a square of foil, then put all into a freezer zippy bag.  

To reheat from frozen: remove foil, place sandwich in microwave for heat for about 30 seconds, test, then microwave in 15 second intervals until warm and cheese is melted.  The bun will get hot, let it sit a second before handing to small children.

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