American mother-of-12 shares her insane 5am cooking schedule

An American woman who has 12 children has shared her crazy cooking schedule – but some of her ideas have been labelled ‘disgusting’.

This mum-of-12 has an insane 5am cooking schedule.

A mother-of-12 has given a glimpse into her family’s life with a timelapse video of her morning routine.

Alicia Dougherty, from the state of New York, has 12 children – four biological and eight who are adopted.

She often gives a glimpse into the family’s busy life on TikTok and Instagram under the handle @DoughertyDozen, including her 5am wake up to make breakfast and school lunches for the day.

Alicia first cracks 18 eggs into a silicone muffin tray before popping them in the oven and getting a start on the sandwiches.

She makes 12 sandwiches and loads them into lunch boxes – along with other snacks and juices – before getting back to making breakfast.

Alicia butters some bread, cuts up a rockmelon and then plates it – along with the eggs and sausages.

Alicia Dougherty has 12 kids. Picture: TikTok/@DoughertyDozen

She shared her morning routine. Picture: TikTok/@DoughertyDozen

“Sometimes when my alarm goes off at 545am I think to myself ‘get up Jenna. Alicia has made 12 sandwiches by now you can do this’,” one social media user said.

Another said: “You are a rock star Mum!!! My husband picked up McDonald’s breakfast for us.”

Earlier this week, Alicia was slammed on social media for making a huge nacho bowl in a kiddie pool.

She was slammed online for her nacho bowl. Picture: TikTok/@DoughertyDozen

In the video Alicia, and her husband Josh, 44, prepared for the Tex-Mex-inspired nacho platter that featured tortilla chips, ground meat, a cheese sauce, veggies and a sour-cream drizzle.

But dozens of social media users took umbrage with the creation, with one going so far as to say they were “disgusted”.

One social media user said: “This is vile.”

“At what point do we start to think, ‘This is insane?,’ cause I think you are beyond that point,” wrote an equally perturbed commenter.

“My mum would call this slopping,” added another, followed by a separate objector who said, “I’m beyond disgusted.”