Breakfast Casserole with Crescent Rolls
I’m one of those people who loves breakfast. I love breakfast even more when I know I have a breakfast casserole on the menu! With only 5 ingredients, this comforting and delicious sausage breakfast casserole with crescent rolls will be ready to go in no time!
Breakfast casserole is such versatile recipe because you can serve it anytime!
It’s great served at:
- breakfast
- brunch gathering such as a baby or wedding shower
- breakfast potluck
- dinner
As far as simplicity goes, it doesn’t get much easier than this recipe either. I started this blog to help people put delicious food on their table without making recipes overcomplicated.
Breakfast Casserole with crescent rolls has 5 simple ingredients
- Sausage
- Crescent Dough Sheet
- Eggs
- Milk
- Cheese
My 8 year old had a few friends sleep over for his birthday this fall and I decided to make this recipe for the boys in the morning. I was a little nervous because you never know what other kids like, and I wanted them to have a good breakfast to start their day.
I whipped this up while they were having an epic Nerf gun battle in the basement and when they were ready for breakfast I served this breakfast casserole with crescent rolls and a side of fruit.
One of the boys here has been a good friend for years and I knew he was a picky eater. He ate it all and his Mom texted me after he went home and said that I’d made a delicious breakfast! Mom win!
Can I prepare this breakfast casserole ahead of time?
Because of the crescent rolls I think it is best to prepare this casserole right before cooking it. If you want to save some time you can easily brown the sausage the day before and store it in the refrigerator in an airtight container and your casserole can be prepared in just minutes.
What kind of dish should I prepare a breakfast casserole in?
I usually make my breakfast casseroles in a ceramic baking dish. It doesn’t seem to burn as easily.
What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?
Anthony Bourdain
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Breakfast Casserole with Crescent Rolls
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb sausage
- 8 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 3/4 cup shredded cheese
- 1 sheet Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 8 oz
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray your pan with cooking spray.
- In a skillet, brown 1/2 pound of ground sausage.
- Once sausage is fully cooked, transfer to a bowl lined with a paper towel to soak up the grease. Set aside.
- Whisk together the eggs and milk in a separate bowl.
- Line a 9×13 baking dish with the crescent roll sheet.
- Add sausage on top of the dough, followed by half the shredded cheese.
- Pour eggs and milk mixture on top of the cheese and then sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
- Bake at 375 for about 20-25 minutes.
- Crust should be slightly browned and eggs should be fully cooked in the center.
Delicious and so easy to make! I used Pillsbury Hawaiian Rolls. The crescents unrolled easily right in the pan. I layered the sausage, poured milk, eggs and ground pepper on top, then covered it with all of the cheese. I covered the pan with foil and baked for 40 minutes. It turned out so gooey, cheesy and yummy!
So glad you enjoyed this recipe!!!
This easy, five-ingredient breakfast casserole is perfect for any meal of the day!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Every other person who has published this exact same recipe (except you’re using less meat) says you can make it the night ahead. I have done this myself and it works great. It’s premade dough and eggs, not rocket science. Plz don’t advertise yourself as an expert and then just guess at answers to ppl’s questions. I’m not trying to be a hater here. I just think you have an obligation to try and give accurate answers. And if you don’t know, just say so! Or try the overnight thing before you say “no”. For holidays especially, it’s very nice to have it ready to go out of the fridge and just bake & serve!
Carolyn, I try to keep this space postive and encouraging. There are so many ways you could have shared the same comment without being a “hater” as you called yourself.
I am glad that you have made this recipe the night before and it has worked for you. In my recipe notes I share that I believe it would be BEST to prepare the day ahead of time and gave the option to brown the sausage ahead of time to save time. NEVER have I claimed to be an expert or flat out just say NO. I read through the entire blog post to verify because based on your comment, that is what it sounds like I did and I did not. I have never prepared this recipe ahead of time, nor would I want to, so it was an accurate answer based on my perspective which is what this blog is.
As a reminder, bloggers spend a lot of time and money providing FREE recipes. The least you could do would be to offer insight that could be helpful to other readers or the blogger themselves without coming from a place of such negative judgement. I hope you’ll think twice about how you respond to a free recipe on the internet the next time you have an opinion and possibly frame it in a way that could be viewed as helpful instead of hateful.