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Sausage Gravy Breakfast Casserole

Full of homemade easy sausage gravy, crescent rolls, eggs, and cheese all in one casserole. Start your day off happy.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Author: Catherine's Plates

Equipment

  • 9 x 13 baking dish
  • large skillet
  • medium bowl

Ingredients

Making Sausage Gravy

  • 1 lb uncooked pork sausage (I use Jimmy Dean original pork sausage in the tube for added flavor.)
  • 4 TBS butter
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour or any other type
  • 3-4 cups milk
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Making egg mixture

  • 6 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp black pepper

Additional ingredients

  • 1 (8 ct) tube original refrigerated crescent roll dough
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large skillet over medium high heat break up uncooked sausage and brown until cooked through and no longer pink. NOTE: Do not drain as this adds flavor.
  • Place 4 TBS butter in with cooked sausage and stir until butter has melted. Add in flour and mix well for 1 minute until sausage is coated well. (NOTE: cooking for 1 minute cooks the raw flour taste out of the flour.)
  • Turn burner to a high heat and gradually add in milk one cup at a time slowly. (Add in one cup, stir, as it thickens add in 2nd cup, stir, add in 3rd cup as mixture thickens somewhat and stir.) Will take a few minutes to get a nice consistency. (I usually just need 3 1/2 cups to keep a thick consistency needed for the casserole.)
  • Season sausage gravy with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. Stir to combine. Turn off heat and allow to rest and finish thickening while we work on next steps.
  • Roll out crescent roll dough into the bottom of prepared baking dish going up the sides 1/4 of an inch. Pinch together any open seams on thee bottom. (NOTE: crescent roll sheet dough will work as well.)
  • Pour sausage gravy over crescent roll dough in prepared baking dish. (NOTE: sausage gravy will still be warm and will have thickened more.)
  • In a medium bowl whisk together eggs, salt & pepper. Pour egg mixture over the sausage gravy in prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. The crescent roll dough should be golden brown and cooked through, the eggs should be set with no jiggle in the center and the cheese golden brown. (NOTE: visit my instructional video below if needed.)
  • Allow casserole to rest a few minutes, then slice into squares, and ENJOY.