Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole
Catherine McCord
Updated Oct 17, 2018
Our breakfast casserole of sausage, bread, white mushrooms and cheddar cheese is holiday magic.
Christmas Morning Breakfast Casserole
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground breakfast sausage, any flavor
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cups cremini or white mushrooms, sliced
- 2 teaspoons salt
- pepper to taste
- 1 loaf (8 cups, 1-inch cubes) Italian bread, Ciabatta or Baguette (crusty bread)
- 1 1/2 dozen (18) large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Brown the sausage in a saute pan over medium heat for 3 minutes, breaking it into bite size pieces. Add the mushrooms, bell peppers, 1 tsp salt and pepper. Cook an additional 5 minutes. Let cool. Drain.
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Step2In a bowl, beat the eggs and milk. Add remaining salt and cheese; stir to combine.
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Step3Add the bread cubes and cooled sausage mixture to a greased 13×9-inch baking dish. Toss to combine.
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Step4Pour the egg mixture over the bread and sausage: press the bread mixture down gently to soak up some of the egg mixture.
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Step5Cover the dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes; uncover and bake an additional 20 minutes. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
390
Calories
27g
Total Fat
21g
Protein
15g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 250
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 42%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 52%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 365mg
- 121%
- Sodium
- 1000mg
- 42%
- Potassium
- 340mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 21g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 20%
- 20%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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