Weekend Company Breakfast Casserole Recipes

LAZY WEEKEND BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine eggs, Cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, flour, butter, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir to mix well. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Top with hot sauce before serving.

BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the turkey and scallions and cook, stirring to break up any large chunks, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Whisk the eggs, egg whites, milk and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a large bowl until combined. Add the cooked sausage, spinach, cheeses and bread and toss to distribute the ingredients evenly.
• Spray a 3-quart casserole dish with cooking spray. Spread the egg mixture evenly in the dish. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or preferably overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the casserole, uncovered, until set and lightly browned on top, about 30 minutes.

EASY WEEKEND BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 425 F.
• Crumble and cook sausage* in skillet. Cook over medium heat til browned, stirring occasionally. (this can be done a day ahead and stored in a zip lock bag to make assembly faster the next day)
• Drain off sausage fat and drippings.
• Line bottom of greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan/dish with crescent roll dough, pinching together the perforated seams and pushing the dough so you get a nice seamless bottom that goes from edge to edge of the pan.
• Crumble sausage over dough, then sprinkle cheese over the sausage.
• Combine eggs, milk and salt and pepper and pour over sausage and cheese making sure the egg mixture gets even distributed.
• Bake 15 minutes or until set. Let stand 5 min before cutting into squares. Best served hot.
• *Experiment with precooked veggies or even ham whatever goes into an omelette will work in this recipe.

COMPANY'S COMING BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Brown the sausage, drain. I like to put it in a food processor and hit pulse a few times, I don't like the larger pieces but don't go so far as to make a paste!
• Whisk the eggs and seasonings in a bowl,.
• add milk.
• Spray a 9x13" pan with cooking spray.
• Layer the ingredients as follows; all the sausage, then a layer of cheese, then half the bag of hash browns, then the cheese and the rest of the hash browns. Pour the egg/milk/ seasonings mixture over all.
• Cover with foil bake for one hour, check for doneness, mine usually take a bit longer, but everyone's oven is different.
• When done top with more shredded cheese and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Serve with fruit salad for a delightful brunch!