Description
Overnight Breakfast Casserole is the best make-ahead breakfast filled with sausage, eggs, and cheese for a crowd.
Ingredients
1 pound breakfast sausage
8 jumbo eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon dried sage
1/2 teaspoon dried chives
2 cups half-and-half
1 1/2 cups yellow sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup white cheddar cheese
10 slices butter bread, cubed
Instructions
1. Cook and crumble sausage until no longer pink.
2. Whisk eggs, salt, pepper, cayenne, mustard, sage, chives, and half-and-half.
3. Butter a 13×9 baking dish. Layer bread, sausage, and cheeses.
4. Pour custard over top. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake 45–50 minutes or until golden.
6. Let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
You can customize with vegetables like peppers, mushrooms, or spinach.
Use different cheeses for variety.
Omit sausage for a vegetarian option.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Chilling Time: 7 hours 55 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 333
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 670mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 222mg