Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole
This sausage, egg and cheese breakfast casserole is the perfect quick and easy breakfast for your Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole or busy weekends that will feed a crowd. Make the morning of or prepare ahead of time on Christmas Eve and let chill in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
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Christmas Morning
I love Christmas morning! The kids waking up and being so excited to open their gifts is one of the most special times of the year. But lets get real, who likes to interrupt the fun to make breakfast?
Not me!
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And being someone who doesn’t do the best of jobs planning I always end up last minute making one of my go-to holiday breakfast recipes: 1) Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins 2) World’s Best Blueberry Muffins 3) Chocolate Chip Pancakes 4) Oven Baked Puffy Pancakes or 5) Broccoli Quiche
Planning Ahead
This year I’m already ahead and have the absolute best and easiest breakfast planned! My Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole!! It uses all of the staples in your kitchen: eggs, milk, cheese, bread and meat of your choice (optional). And even better, you can make it the morning of or you can make it the night before and stick in the refrigerator to bake in the morning.
This Christmas casserole really is so yummy and my entire family loves it! That in itself is a Christmas miracle!
For my family of five, I half the recipe and baked it in a 9″ square pan but you can double the recipe (listed below) to fill a 9×13 pan to feed a large crowd or to have more to munch on while opening gifts! Make sure to serve the casserole in a pretty casserole dish!
Because my family loves this recipe so much, I actually make it all throughout the year, particularly on weekends. When we have guests in from out of town staying the night I ALWAYS make this because it’s so easy (who wants to be slaving away in the kitchen while all of your guests enjoy themselves??), doesn’t cost a fortune and goes a long way…but most importantly, it only requires very simple ingredients that I always have on hand! Since I’m not one to plan ahead, this comes to my rescue every time!!
It also works perfect for Easter brunch or Mother’s Day or Father’s Day brunch!
Adding Meat
My original recipe calls for ground sausage, particularly Jimmy Dean Original sausage. However, I don’t always have sausage in my refrigerator, so I’ve swapped out the sausage for bacon! Just pre-cook your bacon before adding it to the egg/milk mixture!
Here’s The Recipe!
Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground sausage (Jimmy Dean Regular)
- 4 eggs
- 6 slices bread, torn up
- 2 c milk
- 2 c shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp dry mustard powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Crumble sausage into a medium skillet.
- Cook over medium heat until evenly brown; drain.
- In a medium bowl, mix together mustard powder, salt, eggs and milk.
- Add sausage, bread pieces, and 3/4 of the cheese, and stir to coat evenly.
- Pour into a greased 9×13 inch baking dish and sprinkle on the remaining 1/4 of cheese.
Bake Immediately or Chill in Refrigerator
- Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight OR bake immediately in a 350° oven.
- Cover, and bake 45 to 60 minutes. Uncover, and reduce temperature to 325° F Bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until set.
Nutrition
More Delicious Holiday Breakfast Recipes!
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Bacon Egg & Cheese Breakfast Cups
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Sweet Tooth Recipes:
Blueberry Breakfast Bundt Cake
Oh this looks yummy! And easy to make too. Glad to have found this recipe! 😀
Thank you and God bless!
I’ve been making this recipe for over a year (since I found it on pinterest) and I must say, it’s amazing! I won’t even try another breakfast casserole recipe, because, why mess with perfection?! Thanks for putting this one out there. Everyone loves it!
you are so sweet!!
I just made this, delicious! 10/10