Baked Eggs with Bacon and Spinach

Another recipe with an egg in a ramekin. I think I'm becoming obsessed with ramekins. I went to the store to find some more, but they only had expensive ones. I'll keep trying.

Preheat oven to 400°F. Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp; transfer to paper towels. Pour off drippings from skillet; reserve drippings.

I cooked the bacon in the microwave. Once when I was little, my mom was cooking bacon on the stove. I got too close and the popping grease got me in the eye. Now I never cook it on the stove.

Add spinach to pan, sprinkle with pepper, and toss over medium heat, 1 minute. Transfer to strainer set over bowl to drain.

I actually used a 5-oz bag of spinach, so I know this is the right amount. Since I didn't have any bacon grease, I used cooking spray for the pan and the ramekins.

Brush four 1-cup ramekins with drippings. Crumble bacon.

Scrunch up the paper towel and now it's bacon bits. That part was kinda fun.

Place 1 toasted English muffin half, split side up, in each ramekin.

Toasted English muffin. Check.

Divide spinach among ramekins, then sprinkle bacon over, dividing equally.

Spinach on top of English muffin.

With back of spoon, shape well in center of each ramekin. Gently crack 1 egg into well in each ramekin, keeping yolk intact.

Bacon bits and egg. I guess I didn't do a good enough job with the well in the center. The bottom of the yolk is kind of in the well, and the rest of the egg is just sitting on top of the spinach and bacon. Whatever.

Drizzle 1 tablespoon cream over each egg. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Drizzle heavy cream on top? More like cover the top with heavy cream.

Bake eggs until whites are just set but yolks are still runny, 14 to 16 minutes.

I baked it for an extra 5 minutes because I'm really not into runny yolks. Call it an abnormal fear of salmonella if you want, but I just can't eat it.

I like being able to see all the layers. The English muffin ended up a little soggy. I really really hate soggy bread. Other than that, it was pretty tasty. The yolk ended up being just a little runny. I felt nauseous after I ate it, but that's probably just a psychological thing. I'm still alive, right?