Description
Home cooks cherish this classic breakfast sausage and egg casserole as a hearty morning staple. Layers of savory sausage, melted cheese, and fluffy eggs create a satisfying dish you’ll crave for weekend brunches.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 breakfast sausages (pork, turkey, or chicken, fully cooked)
- 1 can (8 oz / 226 g) refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 cup pancake mix
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp melted butter (for brushing)
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (optional, for extra sweetness)
- ½ tsp cinnamon (optional, for flavor)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- Cooking spray or butter (for greasing the pan)
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy release and clean-up.
- Dough Handling: Carefully unroll the crescent dough and separate into individual triangular sections, ensuring neat and uniform pastry pieces.
- Sausage Wrapping: Encase each sausage within a dough triangle, rolling from the wide end to the pointed tip to create tightly sealed, compact parcels with the seam positioned downward.
- Finishing Touch: Generously brush the pastry surfaces with melted butter to promote an appetizing golden-brown coloration and achieve a glossy, crisp exterior.
- Baking Process: Slide the prepared baking sheet into the preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes, watching carefully until the pastry transforms into a crisp, golden-brown delicacy.
- Serving Suggestion: Allow the sausage rolls a brief cooling moment before presenting with an array of accompaniments like maple syrup, tangy mustard, classic ketchup, or luxurious honey butter for an elevated flavor experience.
Notes
- Prevent Dough Tearing: Carefully handle crescent dough with cold hands to maintain its delicate structure and avoid accidental rips.
- Secure Pastry Edges: Press dough seams firmly when wrapping sausages to prevent unwrapping during baking and ensure a neat presentation.
- Monitor Browning Carefully: Watch casserole closely during final 3-5 minutes of baking to achieve perfect golden color without burning the delicate pastry.
- Customize Dietary Needs: Substitute crescent dough with gluten-free alternatives or turkey sausage for lower-fat version to accommodate different dietary preferences.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 680 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg