This Easy Breakfast Casserole recipe comes together in no time for a weekend breakfast! Combine eggs with sausage, frozen hashbrown potatoes, and cheese for the ultimate easy breakfast or brunch casserole!
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! Give me all the waffles, pancakes, and biscuits and I’m one happy lady!
A Weekend Breakfast Casserole Favorite
Breakfast Casserole isn’t a stranger around All Things Mamma! Our Overnight Breakfast Casserole has been a favorite for years.
But, If you’re anything like me, sometimes you don’t know the day before what you want to eat the next morning. I mean, I am human…right?! haha! So, this Easy Breakfast Casserole gives you all the goodness faster! Really, the only difference is that you’re leaving off the crust from the overnight casserole AND you’re not chilling it the night before.
A delicious and hearty breakfast casserole that is the BEST ever and super simple to make!! have several breakfast casserole recipes here on All Things Mamma but this recipe is consistently #1. And not just the #1 casserole – the #1 recipe on the entire site! WOW!! Everyone loves this casserole because it’s
- Easy and cheap
- Hearty and full of delicious breakfast goodness!
This classic breakfast casserole always turns out. Promise. Packed full of hash browns, eggs, sausage, and cheese it explodes with flavor!
Your family will love this easy breakfast casserole for Christmas morning, a weekend brunch, or even a weekday treat! It is perfect for baking ahead of time or making it the morning of.
How to Make An Easy Breakfast Casserole – QUICKLY!
You just need to keep a few simple ingredients on hand to whip this baby up anytime you need a dose of comfort! It’s also the perfect breakfast to whip up on Sunday and enjoy during the week with just a little microwave action.
NOTE: Updated baking times.
Ingredients needed for this recipe:
For the entire recipe ingredients, see the recipe card below.
- Sausage – I like spicy breakfast sausage for this recipe, but mild is good if you have littles in your house.
- Eggs – whisked together
- Shredded Cheese – I like cheddar but you can use your favorite
- Frozen Hashbrowns – you can use hashbrown potatoes or shredded.
- Milk – whole milk is best.
Substitutions:
- Breakfast Meat: Ham, bacon, or turkey sausage would be perfect!
- Potatoes: tater tots or shredded hashbrowns would be fine to use.
- Cheese: Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Swiss cheese, or Monterey Jack are good substitutions for the casserole.
- Milk: Mix it up! Add half and half or heavy cream in place of 1 cup of milk.
- Veggies: mix in mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, broccoli or spinach.
Directions:
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Brown the Sausage: Crumble sausage into a skillet on the stove and brown completely. Remove from heat.
- Whisk the Eggs: In a large bowl, mix eggs and milk together and whisk well.
- Add seasonings: Add salt and pepper to the egg mixture and stir.
- Mix ingredients all together: To a 9×13 dish sprayed with cooking spray, add frozen hashbrowns, sausage, and cheese.
- Add to the baking dish: Pour the egg/milk mixture into the dish.
- Bake: Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes – covered with foil.
- Rest: Remove the foil and bake for about 10-15 minutes more until the dish is bubbly and cheese is melted.
What to Serve with a Delicious Breakfast Casserole
Make this a complete meal is easy by adding a few breakfast favorites to your menu. This breakfast casserole is perfect alone but if you are looking for some side ideas, I’ve got you covered! Here are some ideas of what can go along with this breakfast casserole recipe during the holiday season.
- Fruit: Fruit Salad
- Bread: Biscuits
- Potatoes: tater tot casserole
- Meat: Bacon, sausage or ham
- Pancakes: fluffy pancakes or blueberry pancakes
- Waffles: homemade waffle recipe
- Muffins: blueberry muffins, Bisquick blueberry muffins
Breakfast Casserole Tips For Success
Make ahead: You can easily make this casserole the night before and bake in the morning. Just cover in the fridge and take out while your oven is preheating. You may need to increase the baking time by 10-15 minutes.
Baking Tip: This casserole is done when the edges are set and lightly brown and the center only jiggles slightly. Make sure there is no “watery” eggs in the center before removing from the oven.
Storage: Cover the entire casserole with foil or a lid to your baking dish and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Reheat: Reheat in the microwave.
Freeze: This casserole can be frozen. First bake your breakfast casserole and once it has completely cooled, place in an airtight container or ziplock bag. When ready to warm up, place in oven and bake at 350 degrees until warmed through about 20 to 25 minutes.
Look at all that cheesy goodness! Doesn’t it make you want to have a piece right now?! Well, what are you waiting for?
Now is a GREAT time to make up this Easy Breakfast Casserole to enjoy with a side of fruit!
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Easy Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 pound Sausage
- 6 Eggs
- 2 cups Milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 package Frozen Hashbrowns 15oz
- 2 cups Cheddar Cheese shredded – I like cheddar but you can use your favorite
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Crumble sausage into a skillet on the stove and brown completely. Remove from heat.1 pound Sausage
- In a large bowl, mix eggs and milk together and whisk well.6 Eggs, 2 cups Milk
- Add salt and pepper to this mixture and stir.1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- To a 9×13 dish, add frozen hashbrowns, sausage, and cheese – stir together in the dish1/2 package Frozen Hashbrowns, 2 cups Cheddar Cheese
- Pour the egg/milk mixture into the dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes – covered with foil. Remove the foil and bake for about 10-15 minutes more until the dish is bubbly and cheese is melted.
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I made this tonight for dinner and it was a HIT! Even for my picky little. She gobbled it up. No left overs to find. Made garlic bread to go with it and it topped it off for sure! Great recipe.
So glad everyone enjoyed this recipe!
I just want to make sure, you do not have to defrost the hash browns before baking, correct?
That is correct!
Can you use the fresh shredded potatoes?
I’ve used the fresh, shredded potatoes in the dairy aisle before – but not homemade. I would thikn it would work but I haven’t tried it!
Could you use a slow cooker to prepare, if so what temperature and how long? Also some warm tortillas would represent this so well don’t ya’ll think? Jalapenos for that Texas flare!
Definitely, stay tuned! We may have a recipe for this in the works 🙂
I think 2 cups is too much milk. I made this in the past and had the same problem. Going to try again today, but halfing the milk and using waffle cut frozen fries because that’s what I have…We will see what happens!
What did I do wrong? I made casserole according to directions and cooked 50 minutes because it was still runny. Actually, it was not eatible. Any suggestions?
Read the last of instructions. Says cook 45 minutes covered with foil, then remove foil and cook 10 to 15 more minutes. Until the middle is not jiggly anymore.
I think we ladies and gentlemen tend to forget about the fluid already in the other ingredients such as frozen hashbrowns. Maybe we should cut back on the milk. I think a heavy cream would add better flavor and texture to our eggs and you don’t need as much.
looks sooooooooo delicious can’t wait to try this.
What are yummy recipe! Perfect to prepare the day before to serve overnight guests in the morning or to give to friends/neighbors to support in time of need.
This recipe is delicious as is, but I spiced it up a little by using pepper jack cheese and just a pinch of cayenne pepper added to the egg mixture! Mmmmm! Thanks for the easiest (and one of the most delicious) breakfast casserole I’ve ever made! 😋
This recipe is delicious, I used Jennie O Hot Turkey sausage I also sauted a little sweet yellow, red, orange peppers just a little for color it was delicious my husband ask for seconds. This is a keeper
Can you use. Idaho Spuds boxed dried hash browns? I just bought a ton of these boxes at Costco!
This was a quick and easy recipe for that Monday morning rush. Instead of milk I used half and half and used Jimmy Dean precooked turkey sausage to cut down on manual cooking time. Turned out great.
Can’t wait to try it for Easter brunch, but I’d rather make it the night before. Do you think that will work since the potatoes will no longer be frozen?
Yes! You can definitely do that! Just leave it out on the counter while your oven heats up. It may take a little longer to cook. I’d plan an hour.
Yum yum! Delicious and so good. A quick and easy breakfast that’s just right. And doesn’t take a lot of time to fix. I added biscuits as a side to go along with this, really compliments the meal.
Ive made this for my family many times now. Something to definitely try is making a pot of gravy and serving it over top of the casserole. We love it. Thanks, and keep the good recipes coming.
I’m wondering if this can be made in muffin tin and if so, what might you suggest for timing?
Ive made it in muffin tins, timing will be closer to 25 to 30 mins. Just keep an eye on them. They will puff up so dont be alarmed.
My family absolutely loves this, I do add fresh spinach and bell peppers to the egg mix and it’s delicious.
Do you use shredded or diced hash browns?
I used diced. But you can try shredded too!
Awesome!! Thanks so much!
I used onions my husband will not touch a mushroom! We enjoyed!!
Thank you!!!
Great! I’m glad you both liked it!
If I make them in muffin tins, can the leftovers be frozen?
Made this tonight for my fsmily and they just loved it. Definitely will be making this more often
I made this breakfast casserole for Christmas morning! The casserole was easy to make, very yummy and the left overs reheated well! Thanks for sharing:)
GREAT! I am happy to hear that!
can this be made the night before? Or do the hash browns have to be frozen when you make it?
Can’t wait to try it for Easter brunch, but I’d rather make it the night before. Do you think that will work since the potatoes will no longer be frozen?
Have you tried making the casserole the night before?
Can leftovers be frozen?
Speaking for myself, whenever I’ve tried to freeze anything with potatoes, the freezing gave a weird texture to the potatoes.
Overall loved this recipe and will make again!! My first time making it required double the cook time. I know for my preference next time to use more eggs and less milk. It came out much lighter than pictured for me. Still yummy!
I added 1/2 chopped onion, 1 chopped green pepper and substituted egg whites for 1/2 of the eggs. Probably could use a little less milk.
Overall good.
Good additions! Glad you liked it!
This was a hit with my boyfriend and I. I added 7 eggs and only about 1 1/4 cup milk. I added 1/4 teapsoon dry mustard and onion powder for more flavor and diced red bell pepper. I also added half of the cheese to the mix and the rest on top. I did cook it 10 mins longer. Will be making again!
Yum!! Sounds delicious – thank you for sharing!