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This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, delicious and ready in under 30 minutes!!
The Ultimate Breakfast Feast
We LOVE this sausage breakfast casserole so much. It’s everything we love about breakfast, in one dish. Savory sausage, creamy eggs with cheese, and mouth-watering spices, all layered atop a soft and flaky crescent sheet.
It’s the perfect breakfast, and easy to make in large quantities. Add in that it only takes about 22 minutes to make, and this casserole will become a staple breakfast food in your kitchen.
It’s the perfect way to start a morning or holiday weekend! For more favorite breakfast casseroles, check out our Sausage Cream Cheese Casserole, Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole and Biscuit Breakfast Casserole.
WHY WE LOVE IT:
- All in one! This sausage breakfast casserole is everything you love about breakfast, layered on a crescent sheet.
- On the table in no time. From start to finish it’s ready in under 30 minutes – prepped in 7 and baked in 15!
- Filling. Crescent rolls, eggs, and sausage – everything you need to fill you up and get you through the morning!
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 7 minutes
COOK TIME: 15 minutes
- 1 pound sausage – or flavors of pork, chicken, or turkey sausage. You can also replace the sausage with cubes of ham or cooked crumbled bacon.
- 1 (8-ounce) package crescent sheet
- 5 large eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning – Omit the Italian seasoning and replace it with a spice of your choice. Add heat with red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese – or Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, or a cheese blend. Freshly shredded cheese melts better than prepackaged cheese.
- optional veggies – Saute and mix in vegetables like red bell pepper, mushrooms, broccoli florets, spinach, or jalapenos.
- optional toppings – Homemade Salsa, cooked bacon, sour cream, or green onions, Sausage Gravy
How to Make Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- PREP. Preheat oven to 400°F.
- SAUSAGE. Brown 1 pound sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it up as it cooks. Drain excess grease.
- CRESCENTS ROLLS. Unroll the 8-ounce crescent sheet and spread it onto the bottom of a greased 9×13 casserole dish. Evenly spread cooked sausage over the dough.
- EGGS. In a large bowl, whisk 5 eggs, ¼ cup milk, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the top of your casserole, and sprinkle 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese on top.
- BAKE. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the eggs are set and the crust is golden.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound sausage
- 1 package crescent sheet
- 5 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Brown sausage in a skillet over medium heat, breaking it up as it cooks. Unroll the crescent sheet and spread it onto the bottom of a greased 9×13 baking dish. Evenly spread sausage over the dough.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, milk, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Pour over the top of your casserole, and sprinkle the cheese on top.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the eggs are set and the crust is golden.
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Recipe FAQ
Assemble up to 8 hours ahead of time. Cover with plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator. Add a few extra minutes to the baking time.
Fully bake and cool the casserole before wrapping it tightly with plastic wrap and again with aluminum foil before. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Store leftovers in an airtight container(s) in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 2 months.
This is my go to recipe at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. I prepare the night before and put in the refrigerator and bake the next morning. The smell of the casserole baking wakes everyone up, which is better then an alarm clock. The flavors are delicious.
Love how easy this is to throw together. Kids all loved it!!!
My family loves breakfast casseroles. So easy to make and everything in one dish. Makes for easy cleanup too.
This is the only way to go for breakfast when you have a large crowd to feed, especially around a holiday. Everyone loved it! So filling and yummy. I have to double it around my house!
This recipe is okay, but I prefer adding a block of cream cheese to the wet items and then topping with another crescent sheet.
Thanks for sharing what you do! That sounds tasty too!
I recently made this casserole a few days ago because I had friends drop in for a quick stop over on their way back to Kansas. This recipe is so quick and easy for breakfast or a brunch. I made it the night before and popped it in the oven the next morning and we sat around the table visiting instead of up trying to fix a meal before they had to leave.
Prep is quick and most of the items I have on hand so can make at any time.
There are so many variations that you can make with this recipe. I like ham mushrooms and onion with Colby jack cheese. My family likes the original recipe with sausage so we trade off which one to make. So everyone is happy and enjoys breakfast or brunch.
This recipe is everything and more. We love to change it up by using regular sausage with mushrooms & onions, or Italian sausage with chopped cherry tomatoes, garlic, onions, and mozzarella cheese. My favorite is ham with green peppers & onions. It goes together like a dream and the flavors are delicious. Whether you make it the night before, in the morning, or for dinner you will definitely want to make this again and again!!
This is easy but delicious! Perfect for Sunday brunch with the family but we love it for dinner too. Recently used Jimmy Dean turkey sausage crumbles which are precooked so dinner was on the table even faster.
Can this be halved and would the cook time remain the same?
Thank you.
Yes, you can split the recipe in half. The baking time may reduce a bit. I’d start checking it around 10 minutes and go from there. You’ll know it is done when the eggs are set and the crust is golden.
Can this be made in a crockpot? If so, what’s the suggested cook time and would you change any steps of the recipe?
Yes, I suppose you could! I’d say cook on high for about 3 hours or low for 4-6 hours. I think all of the steps would remain the same, you would just put it in the slow cooker rather than a casserole dish. You’ll have to let us know how it turns out if you make it in the slow cooker!