Ya’ll, how cute are these muffins?! I found a roll of crescent dough hanging out in my fridge, leftover from the holidays, and decided to use it for breakfast. After seeing what else I had on hand, I threw together these fun little breakfast cups! They turned out so yummy – soft crescent roll muffins filled with diced ham, gooey cheese (lots of gooey cheese!), and scrambled egg. You can’t tell me these don’t sound perfect! Each of my Ham, Egg, & Cheese Crescent Muffins is 135 calories and 4 Blue WW SmartPoints/5 Green WW SmartPoints.
I made these for a fun weekend breakfast but had several leftover and let me tell you, they heated up great throughout the week. They’d nice to meal prep for weekday breakfast and are yummy served with a side of fruit or yogurt. How perfect would they be to serve for a special brunch too?!
To make these muffins you start with a tube of seamless crescent roll dough. You simply cut the dough into 8 equal sections and then gently roll or stretch the dough to shape it into a thin square. Press the dough into the cups of a standard muffin tin and add your fillings.
I decided to add ham and cheese since that’s what I had on hand, but I will definitely be making more flavor combos – it would be great with some precooked turkey sausage or crumbled bacon! I might try adding in some sauteed peppers and onions next time too. Yum!
Once the filling is added to the muffins all that’s left to do is fill up the cups with egg. Make sure you leave at least 1/4 inch space at the top, as the egg will expand when it cooks and you don’t want it to overflow!
During the last couple of minutes of cook time I added extra cheese to the top because, well, there’s no such thing as too much cheese. #truth I garnished my muffins with a some fresh chives – the perfect compliment to the ham and cheese!
Give these a try and let me know how you like them! Makes 8 Ham, Egg, & Cheese Crescent Muffins at 4 Blue WW SmartPoints/5 Green WW SmartPoints and 135 calories each. Enjoy!
- 1 tube seamless crescent roll dough
- 2 oz ham, diced small
- 3 oz part skim shredded mozzarella, divided
- 3-4 eggs
- salt and pepper
- fresh chives (or green onion), to garnish
- Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly spray a muffin tin with cooking spray (we'll just be using 8 cups).
- Roll out the crescent dough and cut into 8 equal pieces. Working with one piece at a time, gently roll out or stretch the dough into a thin square. Press the square into the bottom of the muffin tin. Some dough will overhang the cup. Repeat with the remaining pieces of dough.
- Divide the diced ham and 2 oz of the cheese equally into the bottom of the muffin cups.
- Place eggs into a measuring cup with a pour spout. Whisk until well combined. Season with salt and pepper. (I only needed 3 eggs to fill my cups but it's possible you could need 4 eggs total). Pour a little of the egg mixture into each muffin cup, leaving at least ¼ inch space at the top.
- Bake muffins for 10 minutes and then loosely cover the top with foil (making sure the foil is not touching the egg). Bake for another 5 minutes. Remove foil and sprinkle the tops with the remaining 1 oz of shredded cheese. Bake another 2 minutes or so, until cheese is melted, watching carefully so that the edges don't become too brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to sit at least 5 minutes before removing the muffins. Top with fresh chives and enjoy!
Feel free to play around with the fillings but be sure to leave at least ¼ inch space at the top of each cup before baking.
Serving Suggestion: serve with a side of fresh fruit or yogurt
Nutritional info calculated using 3 eggs.
Nutritional information is calculated with MyFitnessPal and may vary based on brands used. Smart Points information is calculated with the Weight Watchers app and may also vary based on brands used.
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These were fantastic. I only had a mini muffin pan but they still worked out great. I think bacon and chives would be great too.
So glad you liked them! I bet they were adorable as mini muffins =) Thanks for coming back to let me know