Christmas Morning Breakfast Bake Recipes

CHRISTMAS MORNING BREAKFAST BAKE

Steps:

• Butter a 3-quart baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter. In a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high. Add bacon, onion, and garlic and cook until onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Gradually add spinach to skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper.
• Scatter half the bread in dish and top with half the spinach mixture and half the cheese. Top with remaining bread, spinach mixture, and cheese. Pour egg mixture into dish and gently press bread to submerge. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours (or up to overnight).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Uncover dish and bake until bread is golden brown and custard is just set, 45 to 50 minutes (cover with foil if browning too quickly). Let cool 5 minutes before serving.

FAVORITE CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a greased 11x7-in. baking dish, combine the bread and cheese. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper; pour over bread and cheese. Sprinkle with bacon. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350° until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

CHRISTMAS MORNING BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Prepare Idahoan Steakhouse Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes, following packaging directions, replacing the 1/2 cup milk with 1/2 cup buttermilk.
• In a medium size skillet, cook bacon and onion until bacon is crisp. Drain and set aside to cool slightly.
• Stir in eggs, Swiss cheese, and bacon-onion mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle crunchy onion topping on top of potatoes. Let stand 5 minutes then serve.

CHRISTMAS MORNING WIFE SAVER (BREAKFAST CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish. Cut and fit 8 slices of bread to fit over entire bottom of dish. Cover bread with slices of Canadian bacon and sharp Cheddar cheese. Cut and fit remaining 8 slices of bread to completely cover bacon and cheese.
• Whisk eggs with salt and black pepper in a bowl. Whisk dry mustard, onion, diced green and red bell pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce into eggs. Whisk in milk until egg mixture is smoothly combined. Pour egg mixture evenly over the casserole. Cover the dish and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pour melted butter evenly over the casserole and sprinkle corn flake crumbs over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 1 hour. Let casserole stand for 10 minutes before serving.

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 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 the sausage, bread cubes, and cheese, and stir to coat evenly. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cover, and bake 45 to 60 minutes. Uncover, and reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until set.

CHRISTMAS MORNING BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 deep dish casserole with butter.
• Cut bacon in one inch strips and fry till crisp, drain on paper towels to remove excess grease.
• Add chopped onion to bacon drippings in pan and sauté until clear.
• In a large bowl beat together eggs, milk, seasonings.
• Add to the bowl the frozen hash browns, sautéed onion, cheese, bacon, cubed ham and mix well.
• Pour into greased 9x13 pan.
• Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night.
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Remove casserole from refrigerator and remove plastic wrap.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-1 hour just until center is set (no wiggle but don't over bake!).
• Let set for 5-10 minutes and serve in slices.