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Cheese & Bacon Pie

taken from Farm Journal's Country Cookbook

Ingredients

  • unbaked 9" pie shell
  • 10 slices crisp cooked bacon crumbled
  • ⅓ cup onion minced
  • 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese about 4oz.
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups milk or heavy cream
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ⅛ tsp pepper

Instructions

  • Sprinkle bacon, onion and cheese in the bottom of an unbaked pie shell.
  • Beat eggs slightly. Beat in remaining ingredients, then pour into the pie shell.
  • Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 300° and bake an additional 30 minutes or until a knife inserted 1" from the edge comes out clean.
  • Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting into wedges.

Notes

Tip from the cookbook: "To cut down on time, cook enough extra bacon while getting breakfast, for this main dish."