Some mornings are fine with a sugary cereal with plenty of milk. Others require a crescent roll breakfast casserole with enough sausage, cheese, and peppers to make getting out of bed seem almost worth it. It's hot, hearty, gloriously cheesy, and exactly what you want when coffee requires backup.
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🥰 Is this crescent roll breakfast casserole recipe for you?
- You keep a stash of crescent roll dough in the fridge for emergencies.
- You want cheesy, hearty, stick-to-your-ribs breakfast without spending all morning in the kitchen.
- You like a little Southwestern attitude from peppers and green chiles without setting your eyebrows on fire.
- You need something easy enough for Saturday morning but respectable enough to trot out for Christmas brunch with the inlaws.
- You'd prefer to drink your coffee while it's hot instead of performing the Sacred Rites of Breakfast before sunrise.
🧾 Ingredients
Nothing complicated here. Just a handful of breakfast favorites that are baked until the kitchen smells like ambition and culinary competence.
- Eggs - The glue holding this whole delicious operation together. Large eggs are what you want here.
- Breakfast sausage - Use your favorite mild, hot, or sage breakfast sausage. Cook and drain it well before adding it to the casserole.
- Crescent dough sheets - The buttery, flaky shortcut that gives us a crust without requiring anyone to locate a rolling pin before coffee.
- Cheese - Freshly grated melts best, but bagged shredded cheese will absolutely get the job done. Cheddar, Colby Jack, or Pepper Jack are all good choices.
- Bell peppers and onions mix - Frozen makes this ridiculously easy. Sauté it first so the vegetables don't release a small inland sea into your casserole.
- Green chiles - Mild diced green chiles add plenty of flavor without making breakfast a competitive sport. Drain them well before using.
📖 Recipe
Crescent Roll Breakfast Casserole
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- 8 ounces crescent roll dough sheet
- 1 pound breakfast sausage
- 1 cup frozen peppers and onions mix
- 4 ounces diced green chiles, drained
- 6 ounces shredded cheese, cheddar, monterey jack, pepper jack, or a mixture
- 10 eggs
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉.
- Spray a 13x9-inch casserole dish with no-stick cooking spray.
- Cook the sausage, breaking it up, for about 5 minutes or until no pink remains. If you are using fresh onions and peppers add them in with the sausage.
- Once the sausage is cooked add the peppers and onions. Heat through and add drained chiles. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl until they are bubbly and the whites are completely mixed in to the yolks.
- Roll the crescent dough sheet out over the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Spread the sausage mixture over the dough.
- Add 4 ounces of the cheese over the sausage mixture, then pour the eggs over.
- Top with remaining cheese and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until the center is set and registers 160℉ on an instant read thermometer.
- Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes to firm up.
Notes
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
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😱 What can go wrong (and how to fix it)
This casserole is pretty forgiving, but eggs and crescent dough do have opinions.
🥚 The center is still runny. Ovens vary, so don't rely entirely on the clock. Bake until the center is set and reaches 160°F on an instant-read thermometer.
🥚 The crescent crust is soggy. Cook the peppers and onions before assembling and drain the green chiles well. Extra vegetable moisture has nowhere useful to go.
🥚 The top is getting too brown before the center is done. Loosely cover the casserole with foil and let it keep baking until the eggs are set.
🥚 The casserole is watery when you cut it. Besides draining everything well, give it 5 to 10 minutes to rest after baking. Cutting immediately releases steam and moisture before the eggs have had a chance to settle.
🥚 The sausage made everything greasy. Drain it thoroughly after browning and pat with paper towels if necessary. We want buttery crescent crust, not a small petroleum event underneath it.
🍽 More breakfast casseroles
🏡 This crescent roll breakfast casserole with sausage is one of those recipes worth keeping around for weekends, holidays, and mornings when people insist on being fed before you've achieved full consciousness. It's easy, hearty, and cheesy enough to convince everyone that you are in possession of some sort of magical breakfast ability unknown to other humans. Let them think so.
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