Grandma Mack's Breakfast Casserole

Crescent roll dough is lined in a baking dish, topped with cooked breakfast sausage, hash brown potatoes, eggs and topped with shredded cheddar cheese! This simple breakfast casserole is perfect for breakfast, brunch or overnight guests.  

This is one of my favorite breakfast dishes. I usually make this when we have company or on any given holiday for breakfast. It's so simple to throw together and your guests will love it. I have been making this casserole for so long that this is the first recipe that comes to mind when I want to wow overnight guests.

I found this recipe years ago in a 2003 Taste of Home 50th Anniversary Cheese Cookbook. It was titled Grandma Mack's Breakfast Casserole. Who is Grandma Mack you ask? Well, she is a proud Wisconsin Dairy Farmer so they utilize cheese in most of her recipes including this one. I can tell you one thing Grandma Mack sure can cook!!

I fell in love with this recipe the first time I made it, now it's a regular breakfast dish in our house. Serve this breakfast meal with fresh fruit on the side, sweet rolls or danishes. I always serve Skillet Fried Cinnamon Apples along side this dish, so I'm adding that recipe as well at the end of this post.

I don't have a photo of the apples, but they just apple pie without the crust. My mother in law loves this recipe so I always try to make it when she comes down to visit. You can prepare this recipe the night before which saves on time. I don't assemble the entire casserole the night before. 

I just brown up the sausage and store it in the refrigerator, make sure my cheese is shredded and thaw my hash browns in the fridge as well. That way in the morning its a snap to throw together. 

These are the ingredients you will need: Crescent Roll Dough (prefer the seamless dough), eggs, milk, hash browns, salt, pepper and cheddar cheese. Let's get started. 

Start by preheating the oven to 375 degrees. Cook and brown the sausage and then drain off the grease.  

Unroll the crescent roll dough and arrange on the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Make sure to seal the seams (or use seamless crescent dough). Place cooked sausage on top of the crescent rolls. Beat the eggs and milk together; set aside.

Layer the hash browns over the meat, season with salt & pepper. I love to use the O'brien hash brows with the peppers and onions. 

Then pour the egg mixture over the hash browns. 

Top with shredded cheese. Bake at 375* for 30 -45 minutes or until egg mixture is done. Use a knife to check if casserole is completely cooked. Sometimes the middle can be a stickler.  If the egg mixture is still a bit runny lower the temperature a bit and cook a little longer that is why the cooking time can vary from 30 - 45 minutes. 

Let cool and cut into squares.

Author: Tina Butler | Mommy's Kitchen

Grandma Mack's Breakfast Casserole

Crescent roll dough is lined in a baking dish, topped with cooked breakfast sausage, hash brown potatoes, eggs and topped with shredded cheddar cheese! This simple breakfast casserole is perfect for breakfast, brunch or overnight guests.

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 50 Min

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent roll dough or Pillsbury seamless crescent dough
• 2 cups breakfast sausage, cooked and crumbled or fully cooked chopped ham
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• dash of salt and pepper
• 2 cups frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 2 cups Cheddar or Monetary Jack Cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. Arrange the crescent rolls on the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan making sure to seal the seams or use seamless crescent roll dough.
2. Place the cooked sausage or ham on top of the crescent rolls. In a separate bowl beat the eggs and milk together; set aside.
3. Layer the hash browns over the meat, season with salt & pepper then pour the egg mixture over the hash browns.
4. Top with cheese. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes.

Notes:

If cutting the recipe in half use a 8 x 8 inch pan. You will have two crescent triangles left over. Use 3 eggs cut the milk to 1/4 cup. Use the same amount of sausage, hash browns and 1 1/2 cups cheese.

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I like to serve this breakfast casserole with Skillet Fried Cinnamon Apples. Everyone loves these fried apples and they pair perfectly this savory breakfast casserole. Click on the link above to get the full recipe. 

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