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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Thoroughly enjoyed this casserole – very quick and easy, and totally yummy. I did toast the hash browns before cooking, but I don’t know if it made a difference or not. Thanks!!
I made this today. Super easy baked up perfectly. I think this is a recipe that is very versatile, add peppers or onions, I added bacon bits because I had some to use up. Delicious.
Can the Simply potatoes that are not frozen work too?
I have made this several times for Sunday Brunch and everyone has enjoyed the simplicity of the casserole. Many of the guests were glad there was no peppers and onions added. (1 change, I use dehydrated hashbrown potatoes)
When you used the dehydrated kind, did you rehydrate them first? Or throw them in still dried? And how did it turn out when you are it? Did you change anything else? Thank you!
I made this the night before for a Christmas breakfast for several people. It was easy to make and baked up very nice. It was a little dry but otherwise everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. Next time maybe will add a little more milk. Thank you for a very easy go to breakfast casserole.
Made it exactly as written. It was way too soupy in the middle. Over an hour and half later it was still soupy. Probably way too much milk in this recipe or hashbrowns need to be thawed before hand. Not the greatest recipe.
The 15oz for the hashbrowns….do I use half of a 15oz bag? Or am I using half of a 30 oz bag of hashbrowns? How much (in oz) go into the recipe??
Half of the bag.
Half of what size bag!???!
Hey Jamie! The recipe calls for 15 oz. The bag is 30 oz. Hope this helps!
I thought the same thing, so I used enough to put in the bottom of the dish. Seems 1/2 of 30 oz bag was good.
Awesome
First timer! Perfect timing in my 9 3/4″ square dish using 1 less egg & 1/3c less milk. I added sauteed onion just cause I like it!
How many does this serve?
12 squares – but sometimes we eat more than 1! 🙂
My family enjoyed this breakfast dish very much. They said it was a keeper.
Yay! It’s definitely a family approved recipe!
I decreased the milk by one and increased the eggs by two. It was perfect!
GREAT!!!
I have a similar recipe but it calls for crescent rolls. I line the bottom of my pan with the rolls and add the other ingredients. After it comes out of the oven and I serve it, I make gravy to top it with. Yum yum!
I have one that we love too! https://www.allthingsmamma.com/overnight-breakfast-casserole/
Absolutely wonderful!!! I didn’t change anything, only added onions and yellow and red peppers. This was so good that my hubby is asking for it again this weekend.
It’s good but definitely takes longer than it says. I’m not sure if it needs less milk or just leaving the cover off the whole time would work better. I left it on for 45min like it said, but then after taking it off for 15min, it was still very runny. Ended up taking an hour and a half and I had to turn up the heat which was frustrating because I was on a time crunch. I suggest a test run. I will say I made the mixture the night before and stuck it in the fridge to throw in the oven the next morning, so it could also have taken longer because it came from cooler conditions. In the end it tasted good tho!
Lynn, that’s exactly why it took longer. The recipe instructions are for ingredients that haven’t been chilled for 8 hours. We do have an Overnight Breakfast Casserole that is similar you could try. I bet it was frustrating when you changed up the instructions and it didn’t work for you!
Then I’m screwed. It does say some where on this very needy page that you can refrigerate and cook the next day. No updates on cooking time with that note though. That woof be helpful.
Good for First casseroles. It Was Delicious. Added greeb bell pepper for good flavor
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.