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This is my absolute favorite brunch recipe! My sausage breakfast casserole is a regular at every sleepover breakfast and requested every Christmas morning. I promise it will become your favorite too!
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Sausage Breakfast Casserole
I love casseroles for feeding a crowd! Loaded with lots of flavor from the sausage, cheese, and buttery crescent rolls, this easy recipe is filling, hearty, and oh-so-delicious!
This recipe is so easy to prepare. It tops the list of my favorite breakfast casseroles along with my french toast casserole. It is one of the best breakfast-for-dinner ideas! Not only is it a favorite for the holidays, but my family will also devour this casserole recipe any time I make it.
Made this for breakfast today and absolutely loved it. I added salsa to my own plate . Loved every bite!
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Breakfast Casserole Ingredients
- breakfast sausage
- eggs
- heavy whipping cream
- sea salt
- ground pepper
- onion powder
- paprika
- Colby-jack shredded cheese
- mozzarella shredded
- crescent rolls (2 tubes)
- green onions thinly sliced
Instead of cubed-up bread like most breakfast casseroles, my sausage and egg breakfast casserole uses crescent rolls to pack in that delicious buttery flavor. You don’t even have to pre-bake them!
How to Make Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned all the way through, about 6 to 8 minutes. Be sure to break up the sausage as it cooks. Remove from heat and strain off grease. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, half-n-half, salt, pepper, onion powder, and paprika until fully incorporated. Add cheese and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Open crescent rolls and roll according to package directions. Arrange 15 rolls in a prepared baking dish in three rows with 5 rolls in each row.
- Add sausage to the baking dish, spreading it evenly over the rolls.
- Pour the egg mixture over the rolls and sausage.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven. Allow sitting for 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle top with green onions, if desired. Serve warm.
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage Tips
- Make sure to use ground sausage or breakfast patties, not the links. Regular, hot, or sage sausage is perfect for this dish.
- If you like it hot, this breakfast bake is great with a little hot sauce on it.
- You can use crescent sheets instead of crescent rolls if you prefer.
Breakfast Casserole Recipes FAQs
I like using Colby Jack and Mozzarella Cheese. You can also use cheddar, Monterrey Jack, or even Mexican blend cheese.
Yes, you can assemble the casserole the night before and refrigerate it until ready to cook.
You can place the remainder of the baked egg casserole in a plastic container or cover it with saran wrap. It will keep in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days.
Sausage Breakfast Casserole Substitutions
I have used the base of this recipe for so many different kinds of breakfast casseroles. I love offering different flavors when hosting a brunch. The possibilities are endless!
- You can substitute bacon or ham for the sausage in this casserole.
- Peppers and Onions are amazing too!
- Make this Philly Cheesesteak style by adding shaved ribeye.
- Go Tex-Mex with salsa in place of the sausage and substitute Mexican cheese.
- Have fun! This is one of those recipes you just can’t go wrong when substituting ingredients.
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Amazing Breakfast Casserole
Equipment
- 9" by 13" baking dish
Ingredients
- 1 pound breakfast sausage (not sausage links)
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 1 cup colby jack cheese shredded
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
- 16 ounces refrigerated crescent rolls 2 tubes
- 1 to 2 green onions thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Coat a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish with non-stick spray. Set aside.Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned all the way through, about 6 to 8 minutes. Be sure to break up the sausage as it cooks. Remove from heat and strain off grease. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, heavy cream, salt, pepper, onion powder, and paprika until fully incorporated. Add cheese and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Open crescent rolls and roll according to package directions. Arrange 15 rolls in prepared baking dish in three rows with 5 rolls in each row.
- Add sausage to the baking dish, spreading it evenly over the rolls.
- Pour the egg mixture over the rolls and sausage.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.Sprinkle top with green onions, if desired. Serve warm.
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Notes
- Make sure to use ground sausage or breakfast patties, not the links. Regular, hot, or sage sausage is perfect for this dish.
- This crescent roll breakfast Casserole is great with a little hot sauce on it.
- You can substitute bacon or ham for the sausage in this casserole.
You can never go wrong with a breakfast casserole. Especially when there are crescent rolls in the mix!
This is a must make recipe when Nick is home from college—he and my hubby will love it!!!
My mouth is watering. Seriously. It looks fabulous and my family would love this. It will definitely be made during the holidays, if not before.
I love how easy breakfast casseroles are but sometimes they are bland – this is anything but bland! YUM
I love this casserole. Perfect for the busy holidays.
Is this something I can make the night before? I’m looking for a Christmas morning brunch recipe that still allows me to enjoy my family 🙂
Hi Elizabeth, to make this ahead of time, we recommend preparing the sausage the night before and getting the egg mixture ready, then all you have to do is assemble in the morning and pop in the oven. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do! Happy Holidays!
In step 3 you said add cheese and stir to combine. Which I did. Then in step 5 you say spread cheese over top. Which is it?
Sorry for that error, Susan. Adding the cheese and stirring is correct. I removed the incorrect info. Thanks for pointing that out! Happy holidays!
The recipe says to roll the crescents, but they don’t look like rolls in your pictures. Do you roll and press them down or just press dough in the pan?
Hi there, Cindy! We rolled them out into the baking dish – just pressed the dough into the pan.
At this moment I am going to do my breakfast, after having my breakfast coming yet
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I made this for dinner and it is delicious!
Thank you so much, Erma! It’s one of our favorites!