Mini Ham Quiches

carolinafan's Note:

Very versatile; you can replace the ham with bacon, sausage, chicken or shrimp or substitute chopped onion, red pepper or zucchini for the olives. From Taste of Home magazine.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• ¾ cup cooked ham
• ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• ½ cup ripe olives
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 1 cup half-and-half
• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine , melted
• 3 drops hot pepper sauce
• ½ cup biscuit mix or ½ cup baking mix
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• ½ teaspoon ground mustard

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine the ham, cheddar cheese and olives; divide among 12 greased muffin cups.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining ingredients just until blended.
3. Pour over ham mixture.
4. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[LaurelGon]

I made these for Easter and used bacon, left out the olives and trippled the recipe. I thought my husband and I would have left-overs...no way, there was not one left. And they were so easy to do and a perfect serving size. Will definitely make again! Thanks for posting!

[Scrapbook Lori]

I found this recipe in some that I had cut out and been "meaning to try". After making, I knew I had to post, and saw that carolinafan beat me to it! Like others - no changes made to these - I do want to reinforce reviewer who commented on ensuring pans are greased really well, to ensure they come cleanly out of muffin pan. thanks for posting!

[kiwidutch]

Loved these! There were a few changes due to the insistance of my almost-six-year old who helped: no hot pepper sauce or olives and she tipped the ham mixture into the egg mixture before I could tell her that it wasn't meant to be that way and was stirring furiously (I had evidence on the kitchen walls to prove it LOL. So into the oven they went.... and even with the kid friendly omissions, tasted great.. DH demolished everything on the plate in the photo as we had this as a side dish for dinner and mentioned that they were good. My only problem: DO grease the muffin cups really well as I had problems coaxing all of mine out and a few weren't whole enough after my efforts to make the photograph. Please see my rating system: 4 great stars for a tasty recipe that definiately found favour at our place. My photo's tonight were sadly not co operative, without flash seems too yellow and with flash.. well I let you choose, I personally think Marlene's should stand as the default. Thanks!