Crock Pot Sausage and Egg Casserole

Submitted by rickv

"An easy make-ahead for a family or overnight guests. Great for a breakfast or brunch"

 

• Ready In: 10hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 dozen beaten egg
• 14 slices bread
• 2 1⁄4 cups milk (lowfat or skim is OK)
• 2 1⁄2 cups grated cheddar cheese or 2 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese
• 1 lb sausage, cooked and drained
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper (more or less to taste)
• 2 teaspoons mustard (optional)
• 1 small diced onion (optional)
• 2 cloves crushed garlic (optional)
• 3 -5 dashes of your favorite hot pepper sauce (not opt. in my house) (optional)

directions

1. Grease the sides of the crock with butter.
2. If desired, spread mustard on one side of the bread and cut bread into large squares.
3. Make layers in the Crock pot of bread, followed by sausage, followed by cheese, ending with a cheese layer.
4. Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper together.
5. Pour over crock pot mixture, cover and turn on low.
6. Cook for 8-12 hours.

Reviews

[Steve Kent]

Wonderful. Easy to put together and forget it ... Woke up in the morning and it was ready to go and so was I ... thanks

 

[vern7782]

Mine did not turn out well. The whole bottom and sides were burnt to a crisp. I had the setting on low, as well.

 

[Dawni]

I made this and it didn't turn out well. The bottom was way over cooked and I cooked it on low and only for 8 hours. This may work if you only cook it for 4 hours. Maybe my slow cooker is different but I now have to throw it all out. So beware!!

 

[OutnumberedByPeanuts]

I've made a recipe similar to this in the past, but the fact that this was done in the crockpot is what drew me to try this variation this time - being in Central Texas where we've consistently been above 100+ degrees for awhile now means I don't want to heat up my kitchen even more by having the oven going. I didn't use quite as much bread (and therefore decreased my eggs and milk proportionately). It was easy to throw together and the results were what I expected. I definitely agree that it would be a good, no hassle make-ahead breakfast for company or special occasions. Thanks for posting!

 

[Bella_Bambina]

This was delicious! My crockpot has a nice black ceramic insert which you can take out to serve, so it wasn't as unattractive a dish as I had feared it might be! I used cheddar, and chicken sausages (chili and coriander flavoured) chopped up. Instead of regular onion I used 4-5 chopped spring onions. I spread dijon mustard on half the slices of (white) bread - I'm sure it ended up being more than two teaspoonsful, but I'm sure it'd be great with more or less mustard, too. Great recipe - thanks for posting!