This Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole is the perfect addition to your brunch menu! This smaller size casserole will serve 4-6!
Memorial Day weekend is the official start of the summer season and I should be whipping up a seasonal dish, but I’m still in breakfast sharing mode! Most folks will get at least one day to enjoy a morning of leisure relaxation this weekend, so I think this Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole should be on your menu!
I made this casserole at the same time I shared this Mixed Fruit Breakfast Casserole to offer our guests a savory option as well as a sweeter one from the coconut and fruit casserole! I think we all had a slice of each though. They are both so good, and this is a heck of a tasty meal that should be revamped for a smaller crowd so we can enjoy it more often!
For a small casserole you use about half of the bread you would for a full size dish, so it was easy to use the remaining bread from the Fruit Casserole I made last week! I didn’t cut down on the sausage and with a whole pound in this recipe it makes a nice and hearty meal!
We ate this for breakfast and I also took a few slices for my lunch! Keep this simple and enjoy with seasonal fruit or a Fresh Fruit Salad!
- 1 pound seasoned breakfast sausage
- 12 ounce (aboutut 1½ cups) shredded cheese mix (cheddar, monterey jack)
- 4-5 cups diced ½ inch cubes white bread (about ½ loaf) I used Sara Lee Artesano Bread
- 1¾ cups milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Grease a baking 8 inch round or 8 x8 inch square pan with a 2 inch height.
- In a large skillet cook sausage over medium-high heat breaking up pieces into the size you prefer. Once cooked drain excess oil.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper.
- Place the bread cubes on the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Put drained sausage over the bread. Cover with shredded cheese and then pour the egg mixture over all the ingredients. Gently press the mix down with a spoon ensuring all the pieces are saturated with the egg mix.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Delicious savoury egg dishes are always requested by my boys. Cheesy sausage goodness. They would be all over this casserole.
It’s quite filling too, Bobbie, so I bet your boys will be satisfied for at least a couple of hours 🙂
This looks utterly delicious!!!!. I cannot wait to try this recipe and have saved it for later.
Awww, thanks, Mimi!
Yum! This looks amazing! I love a good breakfast casserole!
It’s nice to have a smaller recipe to feed fewer on hand too!
That is definitely a crowd pleasing meal…my husband would love it.
Definitely a hit with my husband too! It’s that sausage that is extra delicious!
This looks absolutely delicious! I’ve bookmarked it so I can try it sometime. Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome! Hope you love it, Tiffany!
I love dishes with cheese, this one looks delicious! I can’t wait to hit the supermarket and buy some of the stocks that I don’t have, gonna try it!
Can’t go wrong with extra cheese, so buy more 🙂
This sounds like the perect weekend breakfast recipe! I am so trying this!
Hope you enjoy this casserole, Neely!
I think this is the perfect dish to enjoy for Sunday Brunch. My husband and my sons would love this for breakfast.
It’s a great weekend meal! This can be made the morning you decide to make this or you can make it the night before!
This looks like a yummy version of breakfast casserole. The mixed fruit breakfast casserole sounds good too.
That dish looks amazing. I love the name of you blog and your photos are beautiful, great post and recipe.