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This Easy Breakfast Casserole recipe comes together in no time for a weekend breakfast! Combine eggs with sausage, frozen hashbrown potatoes, and cheese for an 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!
Breakfast Casserole Recipe
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.
Why This Recipe The BEST
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!
- Can be made ahead or the morning of
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 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.
(This Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes recipe is always a hit too!)
The Best Easy Breakfast Casserole Recipe
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.
Recipe Ingredients:
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. (You’ll also love this Cheesy Hashbrown Egg Casserole!)
- 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.
How To Make Breakfast Casserole:
- 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 Recipe
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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But can you put it together the night before so you can just heat and eat in the morning? Serves about how many??
I love this go to-prepare ahead- breakfast for all occasions! I’ve been using it and modifying it for the last couple of years and it is always a hit. I always use spicy sausage or hot Jimmy Dean, pre-cook my hashbrowns, and dice up sautéed onion. I prefer to cook it the day before minus about 10 minutes and pop it in the oven for about 20 before I serve it the next day with hot biscuits and sides of avocado.
Some of these comments are giving, “Say you can’t cook without saying you can’t cook”. Because there is absolutely nothing wrong with this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I thought this was excellent!! I had last minute guests/family come over for brunch yesterday & found this “easy” recipe. Indeed it was easy and delicious!! I had everything on hand so I gave it a shot and my family ate almost all of it!! It’s a keeper, thank you! (I did use simply potatoes bs frozen, they worked out great 👍)
I make this every Christmas morning and everyone loves it! It’s such a favorite that my son asked for it for his graduation brunch. Sometimes I add veggies, like bell peppers, but on its own it’s pretty delicious! Thanks!
I made this recipe and only used one cup of milk. It came out fantastic. I did dice some mushrooms, pepper and onion. Will definitely make this again!!
I used 1 1/2 cups of milk and it still came out a bit runny. Definitely going with 1 cup of milk next time.
Made this tonight. Followed the recipe and the directions as written. It turned out perfect! They LOVED it!
I made this and it was really bland, very boring. I took the leftovers and spruced them up…. ALOT.
I made this with 1 cup of milk instead of 2 and added bell pepper….omg amazing! I love cooking and I did add a few more seasonings but it turned out incredible! Thank you!! Fam favorite for sure!
My family loves this casserole.
I followed the directions and no issue whatsoever. Not sure what every else is doing but mine came out perfect!
Love this recipe! I subbed turkey sausage and almond milk and added broccoli, peppers, and onions. Delish!
Came out liquidy. I only used a cup and a half of heavy cream and it still came out to liquidy. I dumped as much as I could out of the dish and then baked at 400 for another 15 minutes. Then it came out perfect!!! Really yummy. I used spicy Italian sausage, onions and some other seasonings.
This was a very simple, delicious breakfast bake. I used Impossible Brats instead of sausage and a mixture of 1/2 & 1/2 and Almond milk. I also added 3 extra egg yolks because of the comments about it being soupy. Turned out great and only took 40 minutes to bake. Does need the required amount of salt, in my opinion. Will definitely make this one again!
I instantly regretted putting the two cups of milk in as soon as I poured. After an hour and 15 minutes I pulled it out and it was still soup. Just gonna take the loss on this one.