My Aunt Jane’s Quiche

By : DishinandDishes | 6 Comments | On : January 19, 2011 | Category : Breakfast

I am cooking this recipe today on my Rise & Shine segment.  Remember that the printable recipe is at the end of the post!  Also, check back later today to watch the video segment on the Rise & Shine tab of my blog!

Or you can just watch by clicking the play button below!

Every fourth Sunday, Mr. Wonderful and I make breakfast for our church worship team.  They do four services a day which puts them at church sometimes from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and until four of us signed up to cook for them they had a box of donuts.

Now don’t get me wrong, on any given day, a box of donuts is a grand thing,  but it probably doesn’t provide a whole lot of sustenance.  And besides, Mr. Wonderful made homemade cinnamon rolls, so they were covered in the area of sweets.

Sunday I wanted to make quiche, and the best quiche recipe I could think of was my Aunt Jane’s quiche.

This is my Aunt Jane.

I have such fond memories of weekends at my aunt’s house with my cousins Laurie, Karen and Diane and my poor brother Steve (the only boy in the group).  Their house backed up to the woods on one side and an elementary school on the other which meant that we had a playground to play on.  The trails through the woods gave us young adventurers a mysterious place to explore but the greatest fun was for my Uncle Duane to pull us on a toboggan on his snowmobile through the the dark woods at night with only the light of the snowmobile to guide us.

I remember falling off the snow-mobile and my cousins and I clinging together in the dark woods until he realized we were gone and came back after us.  All great fun for young kids bundled up in puffy snowsuits in the winter.  No one here in Oklahoma knows what great fun snowmobiles can be.  I don’t even think you can buy one here.

Aunt Jane also used to make wonderful and delicious food.  Breakfast offered things like pancakes, and thick-sliced bacon.  Aunt Jane always put out little bowls of things like chocolate chips, pecans and powdered sugar to sprinkle over the pancakes, and as a young child, I was in heaven!

She will always be special in my heart and has been such a wonderful aunt to me (and great-aunt to my kids). 

I love her dearly.

She is currently at home recovering from a hip replacement surgery.  I know she would love to read some comments from you all so if you could say “hi” and give her a “get well soon” I know she would get a kick out of it!  And if you make this recipe, come back and leave a comment thanking my Aunt Jane. 

Here is her quiche recipe and believe me, you will come to adore it like I have.  Remove the peppers and onions for a basic bacon, egg and cheese quiche for picky eaters or add your own variation like fresh spinach or asparagus for seasonal options!

Start by cooking up 8 slices of bacon.  Make them like this which is my new favorite way!

 Then for the crust - it’s a simple two-ingredient crust and may be a little unconventional, but, trust me, it’s delicious!

I made my quiche in a deep-dish pie stone, but if you are using shallow pie dishes or pans, no worries! I have included a printable at the end for either/or version!

Take one sleeve plus 6 saltine crackers and put them in your food processor.

Put the lid on and whiz them up for a minute until they form fine crumbs.  No food processor? Just put them in a baggie and roll them with a rolling pin.

In a medium saucepan, over medium-low heat, melt a stick of butter.  Be careful not to let it brown but just to melt.

Dump your cracker crumbs in the pot and mix them up really well.

Then press them firmly with a large spoon or rubber spatula up the sides and across the bottom of your pie pan.

Next, grate up 2 1/2 cups of Swiss cheese.  I can rarely ever find pre-grated Swiss cheese so I just buy a block and use the shredding blade of my food processor.  A box grater would work also!

Crack 4 eggs into a bowl and beat them up and then pour in 2 1/4 cups of half and half.

Dump in your cheese.

Chop up your bacon.

And add in right in.

Seriously, how could you wrong with eggs, bacon, cheese and half and half?  It’s such a winning combination.

Chop up two tablespoons of red pepper and red onion.  Add them into the mixture with one teaspoon of salt and one-half teaspoon of pepper and also a one-half teaspoon of paprika.

And mix it all up with fervor.

And pour it right into your crust.

Then take your spatula and kind of even things out in the dish.

Then pop your quiche into a 350 oven for 30-40 minutes for a deep-dish quiche or 20-30 for a shallow-dish one. 

I made one plain bacon, egg and cheese quiche and one with peppers and onions for the worship team.  Mr. Wonderful was roasting some oven potatoes for them so it actually took mine almost 50 minutes to finish with all of that in the oven.

And remember, oven temperatures will vary, so check it after the least  amount of time by sticking a fork in the center of the quiche.  The center shouldn’t jiggle and the fork should come out clean when it’s done.

The top should be golden and browned and the whole thing will just look beautiful.

Try this quiche for your next breakfast or brunch.  It’ll become a favorite around your house like it is mine.

Thanks Aunt Jane for this fabulous recipe.   And thanks for the memories as well! I wish you a speedy recovery and hope someone makes you this quiche! 

Because it’s so delicious!  If you make this, come back and leave a comment thanking my Aunt Jane.  I know after tasting this again this week, I could just kiss her!

Katie’s Printable Recipe – Aunt Jane’s Quiche (for shallow pie dish)

Katie’s Printable Recipe – Aunt Jane’s Quiche (for deep pie dish)