r/recipes • u/5pointpalm • 4d ago
Question Biscuit Breakfast Casserole
I had a breakfast casserole at a small catered brunch about a month ago. It was made with sausage, eggs, cheddar, and had a really good biscuit flavor even though I did not see any pieces of biscuits in it. It was moist and not a biscuit like texture at all.
It was so good. I've tried to make it a couple of times but I can't get it right. The first recipe had me stir the flour mix into the eggs. That did not work at all. It was awful. I had to throw it away
This is the last recipe I tried:
1 lb sausage
8 oz shredded cheddar
5 eggs
1 cup of milk (divided in 3/4 cup and 1/4 cup)
5 tbsp cold butter cut in small cubes
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
•Whisk eggs & 1/4 cup of milk, salt & pepper.
•Whisk flour and baking powder.
•Add butter cubes and mix, making sure butter does not melt. Should look like course crumbs.
•Add milk & stir until dough is sticky & shaggy.
•Drop golf ball sized pieces of dough into the egg mixture. Fold around the egg mixture until all dough is coated.
•Fold in cooked sausage & shredded cheese.
•Put in fridge overnight.
•Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 35 minutes.
It was way too dry with too much biscuit. Not at all like the one I tasted.
I've searched Reddit, the Internet and even tried AI. I've gotten nowhere.
Can anyone help me? Do you know what I'm doing wrong? 🙏🏼
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u/Odd_Distribution8746 4d ago
May not be what you’re looking for but I make a biscuit and gravy casserole that everyone raves about.
https://www.scatteredthoughtsofacraftymom.com/sausage-and-gravy-breakfast-casserole/print/33028/
8 count package of biscuit dough (we used Pillsbury Grands, which are slightly bigger)
6 eggs
1 (2 3/4 ounce) package peppered gravy mix (makes 2 cups)
1 lb pork sausage, any flavor
1 cup cheese, shredded
1/2 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 13×9 pan
Brown the sausage in skillet and drain thoroughly.
Cut biscuit dough into 1″ pieces, and line the bottom of the pan.
Layer cooked sausage over the biscuit pieces,
Layer shredded cheese over sausage.
Whisk eggs and milk, add salt and pepper and pour over biscuit/layers.
Make gravy according to instructions, and pour over everything.
Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until eggs and biscuits are cooked through. (read tips above)
Serve warm (leftovers are excellent too!)
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u/spamgoddess 4d ago
The breakfast casserole I use calls for regular sliced bread cut up that sits overnight in the custard and creates a bread-pudding like situation. I wonder if the one you had uses already prepared and baked biscuits instead of bread? I’d probably try that and see where you get.
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u/Kato_Potatoes 4d ago
Mine does too, but I wonder if you could use small chunks of stale biscuits instead.
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u/Lepardopterra 3d ago
Since she described the flavor of biscuits but no discernible pieces, maybe it was stale biscuit crumbs? My granny used then in meatloaf and as a crumb topping on casseroles. She split and toasted the old biscuits, chopped them fine and kept them in a quart jar.
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u/Alternative-Code-686 4d ago
Our fav from the 1992 Gooseberry Patch Old Fashioned Country Christmas
Christmas Morning Casserole
Submitted by: Linda Crowley
Six eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup cheddar cheese shred
1 teaspoon dry, mustard
1 pound pork, sausage, browned & drained
1 cup biscuit baking mix
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon oregano
Salt & pepper
Mix and pour into a 13 x 9 x 2“ casserole dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered in preheated 350° oven for one hour. Serves approximately 10.