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Default Self-crusting quiche?

King's Crown wrote:

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>>"Karen AKA Kajikit" > wrote in message
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>>>Anyone got a good recipe for a self-crusting quiche that I can make in
>>>muffin tins to have for lunch? I made mini-quiches last week and they
>>>were delicious but the pastry was way too much work for me to want to
>>>do it again in a hurry... I'd love a recipe where I didn't have to
>>>make pastry!
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>>>~Karen aka Kajikit
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>>I experimented with a self-crusting recipe this morning. It's for a
>>coconut pie, but altered it removing the sugar and coconut and adding
>>bacon and cheddar cheese. That's as adventurous as I was feeling no
>>onions, garlic or scallions. Anyhow it didn't turn out quite how I had
>>wanted. Don't get me wrong it was really good. In fact with the bacon,
>>cheese and butter I think my gall bladder is circling the drain as we
>>speak.
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>>It did form a "sort of" crust. It had way too much liquid in it, but it
>>made the egg very tender and that was really tasty. I'd cut back on the
>>liquid though. That might help with the crust being so moist. It asked
>>for 1 cup of butter and I added 1/2 cup thinking why would I need so much.
>>I could probably go 1/4 cup on the butter. There was butter floating on
>>the top when it came out of the oven. I used a spoon to remove it that's
>>how much there was. I might have gotten a 1/4 cup off the top.
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>>Like I said I'm not going to throw it out. It's good, but it definitely
>>needs so tweaking.
>>
>>Lynne

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> Well to my great surprise my children loved the Impossible Breakfast Quiche.
> It's so rich I'm not feeling like having any today myself.
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> Lynne
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I tried a few of the *impossible* recipes using Bisquick with no luck.
It's funny as we like quiche but my family likes real crust not
bisquick. They will eat bisquick dumplings and occasionally biscuits
but that is about it.