Maple Bacon Breakfast Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 refrigerated pie crust
2 cups whole milk
4 large eggs
3 green onions
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3 slices thick cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 cups frozen hash browns, cooked
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
10 slices thick cut bacon
1/4 cup maple syrup, for brushing

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.
Whisk eggs, milk salt and pepper together in large miing bowl.
Add cheese, hash rowns, green onion and crumbled bacon and stir to combine.
Lay pie crust in bottom of 9 inch pie dish.
Pour egg mixture into pie pan.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the quich is firm enough to lay the bacon on.
remove pie and increase the temperature to 450.
Weave bacon into a lattice on top of pie.
Brush each strip of bacon with maple syrup.
Cover the edges of pie with aluminum foil to prevent burning.
NOTE: The bacon will shrink a lot, so it's fine that the bacon is hanging of the sides.
Return pie to oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until bacon is done.
Tip pie dish carefully to drain any bacon grease.
If you like extra crispy bacon, you could put pie under the broiler for a couple of minutes, or until bacon has reached your preferred doneness.
Let pie sit for 5 minutes before serving.