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With only 3 ingredients and minutes to prep, this sausage casserole is a savory favorite for feeding a crowd effortlessly!
It’s Even better than you think!
We LOVE breakfast recipes – especially if they are SIMPLE and QUICK. This sausage casserole is one of those!
It’s one of the easiest “casseroles” you’ll ever make, with literally 3 ingredients and preps in minutes. All you have to do is layer and bake!
You can use hot sausage, turkey sausage, maple sausage – practically any sausage you prefer. We use Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage crumbles since we always have them on hand for breakfast dishes (our kids love sausage).
That particular sausage is also already cooked, making the recipe even easier. It’s a breakfast win all around!
WHY WE LOVE IT:
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 5 minutes
COOK TIME: 20 minutes
- 2 (9.6-ounce) packages Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage Crumbles – Or cook 1½ lbs of pork sausage. Heat a large skillet and brown the sausage. Drain excess oil before adding the cream cheese. Use maple syrup breakfast sausage, mild sausage, or hot Italian sausage.
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 2 (8-ounce) packages crescent rolls
- optional variations – bacon bits, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese like Colby jack cheese, cheddar cheese, or pepper jack cheese, or add sauteed veggies like green chilies, onions, bell pepper, spinach, mushrooms, or jalapenos
- optional spices – Sprinkle on salt, black pepper, garlic powder, paprika, or red pepper flakes to taste.
How to Make Sausage Casserole
- PREP. Preheat oven to 375°F.
- SAUSAGE. Place 2 packages of cooked sausage crumbles and add 8 ounces of cream cheese in a medium pot and cook on low heat until combined and warm.
- CRESCENTS. Unroll a package of crescent roll dough onto a greased pan and pinch the seams together.
- LAYER. Pour the sausage and cream cheese mixture over the dough and spread it around. Unroll the second crescent roll dough, pinch the seams together, and place it over the top of the sausage.
- BAKE. Pinch the top layer to the bottom crescent roll dough sealing all around the edges. Bake for 14-16 minutes. Serve warm. ENJOY!
Use a Baking Dish
Follow the same steps but press it in a 9×13 pan. Add about 5 minutes to the bake time or until hot throughout.
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Sausage Cream Cheese Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 (9.6-ounce) packages Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage Crumbles, fully cooked
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 2 (8-ounce) packages crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Place sausage crumbles and cream cheese in a medium pot and cook on low heat until combined and warm.
- Unroll crescent roll dough onto a greased pan and pinch seams together.
- Pour the sausage and cream cheese mixture over the dough and spread it around.
- Unroll the second crescent roll dough and place it over the top of the sausage. Pinch seams together and pinch the two crescent roll doughs all around the edges.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes. Serve warm. ENJOY!
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Notes
- To use uncooked sausage, you’ll need about 1½ lbs worth of pork sausage. Heat a large skillet and brown the sausage. Drain excess oil before adding the cream cheese.
- We like to bake the casserole on a tray, but a 9×13 baking dish works too. Add about 5 minutes to the bake time.
- Press the crescent roll seams firmly and seal the edges well to help keep the sausage mixture from leaking.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Add the cooked sausage to the cream cheese and heat. Once done, allow it to cool before storing it in an airtight container in the fridge. Take the mixture out for about 30 minutes before assembling and baking.
Store leftovers in an airtight container(s) in the refrigerator for 3-4 days, or in the freezer for 2-3 months. Thaw if needed and reheat individual servings in the microwave or larger servings in the oven until warmed.
Recipe adapted from The Kitchen is My Playground
I love this recipe so much… the savory sweet combination is just perfection!
Right?! Thanks for sharing that!
Question, can you use turkey sausage, instead of pork?
Could you assemble this and freeze prior to cooking? Looking for some freezer meals for post partum!
I typically bake and then will freeze the baked casserole. Then you will thaw, and reheat it in the oven at 350°F. Have a piece of tin foil handy to tent over the dish to keep it from burning while the center warms up. Hope that helps! 🙂
I have made this many times and it is delicious! I add 2 cups of grated cheddar cheese to the top of mix before I put the 2nd can of cresent roll dough on the top. I also put it in a greased 9×13 pan and add a couple of extra minutes until it is brown.
My sister adds a can of chopped green chilies, drained for a little spice.
Could you add scrambled eggs to this?
I suppose you could! We actually have a sausage breakfast casserole with sausage, eggs and crescent roll dough. It’s similar to this and has eggs. Here’s the link if you want to check that out: https://lilluna.com/sausage-breakfast-casserole/
Made this in high school and I loved it so I wanted to make it again and found this recipe! It came out great and delicious. 10/10 ❤️
Double batch only gave me one pan. Son loves it. Hubby hasn’t eaten it yet. Easy to make other than frying up sausage, drain and add cream cheese. Just have to cook it in a good non stick pan on low. Took a while for that. Dough was hard to pinch but make sure you spray your baking pan before stretching dough.
I used brown sugar and cinnamon cream cheese spread and added a quarter cup of brown sugar to the sausage as it was finishing browning. I love sweets