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Sausage Breakfast Casserole – eggs, sausage, milk, cheese, and seasonings all layered upon a crescent sheet! The perfect way to start off your morning!!

It’s one of our easy go-to breakfast casserole (like our Biscuit Egg Breakfast Casserole and Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole). This sausage filled breakfast recipe is great for holidays and weekends!

Sausage Breakfast Casserole cut and placed on plate.

We love this Breakfast recipe!

We can’t count how many times we’ve mentioned our love for breakfast recipes!

Today’s Sausage breakfast casserole happens to be a favorite, and for so many reasons:

  • Quick + Easy. Very simple to make and is done start to finish in about 20 minutes, making it great for holidays, weekends, brunch and more.
  • Our favorite ingredients. Filled with sausage, eggs, crescent rolls, and cheese – the entire family LOVES this recipe.
  • Can be made ahead of time. You can make this up to 24 hours in advance. Make the casserole, then before baking, cover and store in the fridge until ready to bake.
Cooked sausage in skillet.

Ingredients

  • Sausage – We like to use a mild pork sausage, but bacon can be used too. You can also do a combo of the two meats together, which is what we like best.
  • Crescent Sheet – Crescent rolls laid out with the seams pressed together work as well.
  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Spices: Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper
  • Cheddar cheese – This can easily be changed up by preference or can be a mix of your favorite shredded cheeses. We suggest not using pre-bagged cheese since it does not melt as well.
Cooked sausage sprinkled over crescent sheets for casserole recipe.

How to Make

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking dish. Set aside.
  2. Start the casserole by preparing your sausage in a large skillet.
  3. While the sausage is browning, unroll the crescent sheet and spread onto the bottom of a greased 9×13 casserole dish or pan. Spread the sausage over the dough and sprinkle the cheese on top.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk and seasoning in a bowl and pour the egg mixture over the top of your casserole.
  5. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. When the eggs are set and the crust is golden, the casserole is ready.
Sausage breakfast casserole ingredients in baking dish ready to be baked.

Recipe Tips

  • Which cheese works best for this dish? We like cheddar, but most combos work for this. You can even use a Mexican or Monterrey Jack cheese and add chopped peppers to give it a more Mexican-style taste.
  • Can you use pre-cooked sausage for this recipe? Yes, you can. It makes it even more simple and quick. You can also change up the sausage if you like a more mild or spicy version.
  • Variations: Change this up with the kind of sausage used or do a mix of sausage and bacon. You can also add some of your favorite veggies like: onions, bell peppers, mushrooms and more.
    • You can even add diced potatoes or shredded hash browns. 😉
Sausage Egg Breakfast Casserole close up image.

Storing

Make Ahead of Time. You can make this up to 24 hours before cook time. Just cover and place in fridge until ready to cook.

Store. Once cooked, cover with plastic wrap and store the dish (or leftovers) in refrigerator for 4-5 days. Reheat in the microwave.

Freeze. I recommend baking the dish before freezing it. Bake, cool, cover, and store for up to 2 months in the freezer. Note that the crescent roll crust will be much softer after being stored in the freezer.

Breakfast Sausage Casserole Recipe on plate

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5 from 502 votes

Sausage Breakfast Casserole Recipe

By: Lil’ Luna
This savory sausage breakfast casserole is flaky, filling, and delicious! It's also ready in under 30 minutes!!
Servings: 12
Prep: 7 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 22 minutes

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 crescent sheet and spread onto the bottom of a greased 9×13 baking dish. Evenly spread sausage over the dough.
  • In a bowl, whisk eggs, milk, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Pour over the top of your casserole, and sprinkle the cheese on top.
  • Bake at 400°F for 15-20 minutes until eggs are set and crust is golden.

Video

Notes

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days, then reheat in the microwave or the oven. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 248kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 19g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 105mg, Sodium: 571mg, Potassium: 134mg, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 230IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 90mg, Iron: 1.1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
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167 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This is so simple to throw together. My 84 yo Dad usually goes out to breakfast every day. With cases rising after Thanksgiving, he is staying at home. I made this and he is raving about it. One pan put into individual containers feeds him for a week with some leftovers for the freezer. I can’t stress how easy this is to make. We add tons of veggies to it as well.

  2. 5 stars
    Love this , I use either plain light bread or Texas toast and have never ever had a piece left and I always have to make two casserole dishes at the same time , think I will be trying the crescents next time . I had never thought about that . Well time to go make some happy belly’s!!

  3. 5 stars
    Such a great, simple recipe! I Used eight eggs instead of five, and cooked for 20 minutes. Even my picky child loves it, and he does like anything! Perfect for families on a budget.

  4. 5 stars
    So delish and amazingly simple. I made this for my daughter, her husband and two growing boys. I didn’t think the recipe called for enough eggs so I increased the quantity to eight instead of five. It turned out perfectly. And, ITALian seasoning for breakfast? No. I omitted it. I Plan to make it again this weekend for overnight guests. Thank you for publishing this!!

    1. Can I fix this breakfast casserole and freeze on December 12th then bake it on the 20th?? I’m trying to bake things before my kids come home on December 19th….

      1. I personally have not tried freeing this. You can make ahead & stick in the fridge covered, then bake. That could work for freezing, but I have not tried.

  5. 4 stars
    Mine CAME out “juicy” (too Runny) as well. I wrapped it up in aluminum foil and placed it back in oven For 5minutes. That did the trick.

  6. 5 stars
    This thing is amazing! I usually dice up a small onion and sautee it with the sausage. I also use 9 eggs – which I know is a far cry from the 5 listed in the ingredients – It’s just what my husband and I like best. So I double the milk and add extra seasoning. We make it on a Sunday and then heat up pieces for breakfast through the week. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS!