Bacon Cheddar Quiche Recipe (2024)

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This Bacon Cheddar Quiche Recipe is filled with crisp bacon, cheese and spinach in a flakey pie crust. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, baby showers or brinner (breakfast for dinner).

Quiche is one of my favorite breakfast recipes because it’s like having an omelette inside pie crust! Hello, that’s like having dessert for breakfast and that’s a win in my book.

But really, quiche is great because it’s also super customizable. You can use what you have on hand, which makes it great for using up leftovers in the fridge.

Basic Quiche Ingredients

Like I said, quiche is great because it’s customizable, but you’ll need a few basic ingredients as your base, then the add-ons to fill it up. Here’s what you’ll need…

Pie Crust – you can use store bought, but my Perfect Pie Crust Recipe is simple and tastes great.
Eggs
Half and Half – you can also use a combination of whole milk and heavy cream.
Salt and Pepper
Bacon – cooked crisp and crumbled
Cheddar Cheese – feel free to substitute with your favorite cheese!
Baby Spinach – just a handful that’s been roughly chopped.

How To Make A Quiche

The first thing you’re going to want to do is get your pie crust ready. Roll it out and fit it into a 9″ pie pan then trim and crimp your edges.
Blind bake (or partially bake) your pie crust to ensure no soggy bottom when finished.
While your pie crust is baking, crisp up a few strips of bacon and then crumble them up.
Whisk together the eggs and half and half and season with salt and pepper.
Add all the quiche topping ingredients to the pie crust and then pour the egg mixture over the top. Bake until the eggs are set and let cool slightly before slicing!

Do I Need To Blind Bake My Crust?

WHAT does blind baking a crust mean? It simply means you’re going to partially bake your pie crust before adding your filling (in this case your quiche filling).

WHY do I need to blind bake my crust? When you blind bake a crust it helps to prevent a soggy bottom pie crust after your pie has finished baking. Using this method takes just a few extra minutes of prep, but you’ll be happy you did it in the end.

That being said, I have tested this recipe both ways, and while I did like the results of the blind baked crust better, tossing all the ingredients in the unbaked crust wasn’t terrible and was still very much edible.

HOW do I blind bake a pie crust?

Roll out your pie crust and fit it into a 9″ pie pan. Trim and crimp the edges.
Cut a square of parchment paper or foil and line your pie crust, making sure it fits nicely up the sides to hold them in place.
Fill the parchment or foil with dried beans, rice or pie weights.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges just start to turn pale/light and look dry.
Remove from oven, carefully lift the parchment or foil out of the pie crust and set aside to cool.
Return the pie crust to the oven and bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes, until the bottom and sides turn pale/light and look dry.
- The bottom of your crust may start to dome during this final step, but don’t worry, it’ll settle back down when it’s pulled out of the oven.

Tips and Variations:

The sky is the limit on the different sorts of toppings you can add in a quiche, but the quantity is something to keep in mind.

Keep it between 1/2 cup – 1 cup of cheese and up to 2 cups of vegetables and/or meat add-ins.
You can use a combination of whole milk and heavy cream in place of half and half.
You can prep the pie crust and fillings up to 24 hours in advance, then combine and bake when ready.
Store leftover quiche covered tightly in the fridge, then microwave by the slice to reheat.
Try topping the prepared quiche with my 1 minute Hollandaise Sauce for an epic treat.

More Breakfast Recipes To Try:

Fluffy Scrambled Eggs
Sausage Egg and Cheese Breakfast Muffins
Classic Waffles Recipe
Quick Blueberry Muffins

Get ready for an amazing breakfast! You’re going to love this delicious quiche recipe!

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