Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Bake
A quick and easy breakfast casserole full of two types of cheese, breakfast sausage and a crescent roll crust.
Ingredients Needed:
- Crescent dough
- Bulk breakfast sausage
- Cheddar cheese
- Cream cheese
Crescent dough: Any brand or variety ( low fat/fat free, etc) can be used. You will need two- 8 ounce packages. You can also use the ready made sheets.
Breakfast Sausage: You can go with pork sausage or turkey, hot or mild…your choice! Just be sure it is a bulk sausage that you can crumble as it cooks up.
A delicious casserole for breakfast, brunch or dinner.
Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Bake
A quick and easy breakfast casserole full of two types of cheese, breakfast sausage and a crescent roll crust.
Ingredients
- 2 cans refrigerator crescent rolls
- 1 pound ground pork sausage
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Unroll crescent roll dough into a flat sheet. Spread on bottom of baking dish.
- In a large skillet, brown pork sausage until no longer pink. Drain. Wipe down skillet lightly.
- Add cream cheese into skillet and heat until melted. Return drained sausage back into the pan and mix well with the cheese.
- Once fully mixed, spread sausage mixture evenly on top of dough.
- Sprinkle sausage mixture with cheddar cheese. Unroll 2nd crescent roll dough into a flat sheet. Spread on top of cheese.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until dough is brown.
Nutrition
Calories: 779kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 25gFat: 62gSaturated Fat: 28gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 1437mgPotassium: 266mgSugar: 9gVitamin A: 942IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 310mgIron: 2mg
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How about adding scrambled eggs? How would that work?
Hi Roberta- You could add scrambled eggs to your sausage. It’s a great idea..let me know if you give it a try!