Christmas breakfast casserole

[bebelle]

Would anyone share their recipe for a breakfast casserole that I could premake and serve on Christmas morning? If not a casserole maybe a special dish to make our morning magical.

 

[ndgqccmiller]

We have done breakfast casseroles before. But my husband is a firefighter and has to work some Christmas Days so First the kids get a christmas orange in their stockings(something my mom always did) This is always part of our Christmas breakfast. Then I always make muffins. Chocolate, blueberry, lemon. Sometimes I make them the night before, sometimes I cook them while we are opening presents. Simple but gives me plenty of time with the kids. I will find my best recipe and post it soon

 

[POOHDRMR]

I make a quiche that my mom made every year for Thanksgiving morning and Christmas morning.It can be made a couple days before and you can just microwave slices that morning or warm the whole thing in the oven.The original recipe uses less of the bacon and swiss cheese then we use but our family likes it more firm than custard like some quiches.My husband and I don't even like swiss cheese but in this we love it.The recipe is


9 slices bacon(I use more,almost the full package)
1 small sweet onion
swiss cheese(I buy the block from the grocery store by the bagged shredded cheese usually about 8oz)
4 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
dash nutmeg
refriderated pre made pie crust
Cook bacon-make on the crispy side because it softens in the quiche.Chop onion and when bacon is done cook onion in remaining bacon grease till soft and lightly brown..Remove and drain on papper towel. Preheat oven to 450 d. Place crust per directions on box into fluted pie dish or quiche dish.Prick crust with fork around bottom of pan to prevent bubbling and bake for 5 min.Remove crust and lower heat to 350.Crumble up bacon and spread over bottom of crust-this is why I use more than the 9 slices recipe states cause I like to almost cover all the crust.Then sprinkle onion over bacon-Not too much just lightly around or to your liking.Shred swiss cheese and spread over bacon and onion till it comes to the top of the pie plate.Beat eggs,milk,cream,salt cayenne and nutmeg together with wisk in a bowl and pour over cheese.Place cookie sheet under the pie dish to catch any drips and bake untill custard is golden brown and firm.Check by inserting knife in center till it comes out clean.Anywhere from 30 min to an hour.Time varies depending on the size of the dish and amount of cheese you use.It is very yummy and tastes like bacon and eggs with the sharpness from the cheese-I can't wait till Thankgiving to have it.

 

[familyS]

I always make Overnight French Toast for Christmas morning. I start preheating the oven while I prepare the coffee and hot cocoa and then pop the casserole in the oven to bake once the oven beeps (while we open gifts) .

This version contains no sugar, but with 2 tablespoons of vanilla, it does taste sweet, its like magic !

Spray an 11X13 pan ligtly with Cooking Spray.

Place two layers of Wheat Sandwhich Bread (white would work fine, too) in the bottom of the pan. # of slices varies depending on bread size.

Mix 1 1/4 cup Eggs or Egg Substitute
1 cup 2% Milk
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 tablespoons Vanilla

Pour egg mixture over the bread, flip the bread slices to coat evenly.

Cover the pan and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Bake uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, until bread is puffed up and golden.

Serve with maple syrup, strawberries, or confectioner's suger.

 

[noahdove]

I have a couple that I would gladly share with you...
Farmer's Casserole
3 cups frozen shredded hash browns
3/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup diced fully cooked ham--I find it in the meat section
4 eggs
1 can evaporated milk
salt and pepper
Place potatoes in greased 8" square pan
Sprinkle with cheese, ham
Beat eggs, milk and salt and pepper. Pour this mixture over items already in pan
Cover and refrigerate over night
Remove from refrig. 30 minutes before baking
Bake uncovered at 350 for 55-60 minutes until knife comes out clean.
I have baked this the day before and just warmed it before serving..It doesn't loose anything in the taste
Also, French toast casserole
this is another favorite
1 loaf of 12oz french bread
8 large eggs
2 cups milk
2 cups half and half
2 teas. vanilla
1/2 teasp. nutmeg
1-2 teasp of cinnamon
1/2 teasp mace
Heavely butter 9x13 pan
Fill pan with sliced bread--I cut it any old way These will fill the pan
Mix- eggs, milk, half and half, vanilla and spices
Pour over bread. Refrigerate over night
Topping: 3/4 cup soft butter
1 1/2 c.brown sugar
3 tablesp. dark corn syrup
chopped nuts if desired
Blend these ingredients together and set aside until morning
The next morning take out and drop the topping on top of egg and bread mixture. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes..This will puff up and get golden brown.
If you put the topping on the mixture before you put it in the frig overnight, don't worry about it, I have done it many times It is so easy and it is delicious!!! Enjoy

 

[emma'smom]

Here's what we do. Not a casserole, but a fancy looking (but oh so easy) Sausage Braid Bread:

1 roll bulk sausage (I use pork sausage)
1/2 tsp of italian seasoning
4 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 roll of refrigerator croissant rolls

Brown sausage in frying pan until cooked through and drain fat
Add italian seasoning as meat is browning

Once sausage is cooked, add cream cheese into sausage mixing as it melts
Blend in cheddar cheese to complete "filling"

Meanwhile, lay croissant roll triangles out in the shape of a rectangle and press seams together. Roll out into a larger rectangle using a rolling pin (or I just use a round drinking glass). On each long side of the triangle, cut the dough into 1 inch wide strips leaving about 3-4 inches uncut in center of rectangle.

Spread filling in the middle of the rectangle and fold the strips over alternating to look like a braid.

Brush with egg and bake according to the croissant roll heating directions (usually 350 degrees for 15 minutes).

My family likes this so much that I make two! I'm making the filling the night before this year.

 

[mom2LLN]

Here's what we do. Not a casserole, but a fancy looking (but oh so easy) Sausage Braid Bread:

1 roll bulk sausage (I use pork sausage)
1/2 tsp of italian seasoning
4 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 roll of refrigerator croissant rolls

Brown sausage in frying pan until cooked through and drain fat
Add italian seasoning as meat is browning

Once sausage is cooked, add cream cheese into sausage mixing as it melts
Blend in cheddar cheese to complete "filling"

Meanwhile, lay croissant roll triangles out in the shape of a rectangle and press seams together. Roll out into a larger rectangle using a rolling pin (or I just use a round drinking glass). On each long side of the triangle, cut the dough into 1 inch wide strips leaving about 3-4 inches uncut in center of rectangle.

Spread filling in the middle of the rectangle and fold the strips over alternating to look like a braid.

Brush with egg and bake according to the croissant roll heating directions (usually 350 degrees for 15 minutes).

My family likes this so much that I make two! I'm making the filling the night before this year.

I make something very similiar to this. I use maple sugar sausage, 8 oz. cream cheese, and 2 cans of crescent rolls. I layer the bottom of the pan with 1 of the crescent rolls. Brown my sausage, mix with cream cheese, and top with the other crescent roll and bake till golden brown. Very simple and everyone loves it.

Another quick breakfast dish I've made before is a cream cheese danish.

2 - 8 oz. Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk (keep white)
2 - packages of crescent rolls

Roll one tube of rolls out in a greased casserole dish. Press together so it makes one flat surface. Mix cream cheese, sugar, and yolk together. Spread over the top of the crescent roll. Top with other crescent roll. Brush egg white over top. Sprinkle with sugar and bake until brown (about 20 mins.)

Fresh fruit is a good compliment to both of the above recipes.

My children also love to eat "pigs in a blanket" (little smokies wrapped in crescent rolls) while opening their gifts from Santa.

 

[SantaRay]

This has been our Christmas breakfast tradition for 20+ years.

6 eggs 1 lb. cooked, drained, cooled sausage
1c. milk 1c. grated sharp cheddar cheese
1c. half & half 6 slices day old bread, crust removed,
2 tsp. dry mustard buttered on both sides

Spray a 9x13 casserole dish with Pam and then line with bread. Layer on sausage and then cheese. Beat together other ingredients and pour over bread, sausage, and cheese. Refrigerate over night. Bake uncovered in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Serves 6-8 people (or me for about three mornings).

 

[Terry36]

Thanks everyone...please keep them coming....

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

I'm going to copy this thread over to the cooking board.

There are some great recipes here and I think the folks over there would like to see them. Plus, maybe they have some recipes to share.

 

[beattyfamily]

Baked French Toast Casserole with Maple Syrup Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup

Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.

Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for the Baked French Toast Casserole.

 

[kileybeth]

so easy

grease 13x9 pan. (usually about 1am after wrapping all the gifts. . .)
cover with chopped nuts and raisins (approx. 1 cup each) (both optional)

Take 1 bag frozen rolls (approx. 24 count)and add
2 teaspoons cinnamon right to bag. shake well to coat.
dump, umm I mean "place" whole bag of rolls in pan on top of other toppings. I usually toss in the extra cinnamon too.

Add 1 3oz. package vanilla pudding on top of rolls (regular not instant pudding, not sure what difference it would make but this is what the recipe said 12 plus years ago when I started making it)

Add 1/2 cup brown sugar on top of that (I usually use a bit more)

Melt 1 stick butter and pour over all.

Cover with wax paper and then a tea towel over that. Let sit for at least 6 hours or overnight (well, yeah, when is overnight more than 6 hours on Christmas Eve anyway?)

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. While still warm, invert onto a serving platter. Yum.

My kids are sure there is a law or something requiring these on Christmas morning.

 

[TotalSnowWhite]

Ooh! I'm definitely trying those Cinnamon Sticky Buns!!

 

[ndgqccmiller]

Wow great recipes everyone. Keep them coming. We are making a recipe book in my daughters brownie troop. I am going to add some of these recipes.

 

[Stephres]

My friend served these at a baby shower brunch and I fell in love with them!

CHEESE BLINTZES
1 c. brown sugar
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 (24 oz.) loaf white sandwich bread
2 (8 oz.) pkg. softened cream cheese
2 egg yolks
3/4 c. butter, melted
1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. sugar

Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and set aside. Remove crust from bread and flatten bread with a rolling pin as thin as possible. Beat cream cheese, sugar, egg yolks and lemon juice. Spread mixture on bread (about 1 heaping tablespoon). Roll up. Roll each blintz in butter and then in brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Place on baking sheet and freeze 3 hours or more. Bake unthawed blintzes for 20 minutes in 350 degree oven. Makes 2 dozen.

 

[jpainter3]

Couple of questions about the cinnmon sticky buns...this looks delicious, but I'm prone to mess up recipes...

--do you thaw the dough in advance or start with the dough still frozen?
--when you let it sit overnight--is this in the fridge or not?
--is there a brand or rolls that you prefer?

Thanks so much!

 

[Lesley Mahler]

Here is our casserole that we love!!
1 roll of grands biscuits
1 doz eggs
1 roll of breakfast sausage
1 pkg bacon

cook sausage (like you would cook ground meat, not in slices), set aside
cook bacon, cool, then crumble, set aside
spray the bottom and sides of a 9x13 casserole dish, separate biscuits, then separate the biscuit top and bottom part from each other (you will end up with 16 round pieces instead of 8 biscuits), line the casserole dish with the biscuits...put all eggs in a mixing bowl and whip, then poor on top of biscuits...add cooked sausage and cooked crumbled bacon, put in refrigerator over night...next morning preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 45 min to an hour

 

[kileybeth]

and I always mess up by not giving enough information in a recipe (I'm secetly trying to protect my awesome recipe like my grandma did so no one else can get it right! nah, just kidding)

about the rolls. original recipe called for a brand named "Riches" I could never find them so I have always used whatever I find, most often the bag in the frozen section at Walmart! Right now in my freezer the bag says Rhodes, pretty sure it is from Walmart.

take them right from freezer to coat with cinnamon. no thawing (makes it a good "opps, I forgot to do this recipe"

let them sit out over night on a counter, do not refrigerate.

enjoy. was gonna post my sausage, egg and hashbrown casserole but lots of similar recipes already here. everything in my house is easy and quick or it doesn't get done.

 

[KayW]

Thanks for the sticky bun recipe! I've made it before with butterscotch pudding. I can't find my version so this will come in handy. I did it overnight sitting on the counter and all was fine. Although, my butter was just in chunks not melted.

 

[disneymarie]

I fry slicked potato's with a bit of onion, optional, salt pepper to taste, some paprika,
Then in a bowl make eggs scrambled up, in another pan fry sausage links or bacom too,

Pour the eggs over the potatoes, add the sausage in the shape of wheel spokes, Bacon on the side or top.
This can have foil put over and warm in the morning.
SOme like to jazz it up with a southwestern appeal with peppers diced too, or salsa on the side.

Just cut a slice and Yummo....
dianne