This delicious breakfast casserole is topped with homemade biscuits. Breakfast sausage is cooked and placed in a baking dish with shredded cheese. Then a mixture of eggs, milk, parsley, salt and pepper is poured on top of the sausage and cheese. Next biscuit dough is made with flour, baking powder, salt, butter and milk. The dough is shaped into balls and placed on top of the eggs. Melted butter, pepper, parsley and extra cheese is brushed on the biscuit dough before baking.
Course
Breakfast
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time45minutes
Servings12people
Ingredients
1 ½cups(12 oz) cooked crumbled sausage
1bell pepperchopped
1 ½cupscrumbled or shredded cheese
10large eggs
1 ½cupswhole milk
1tbspfresh chopped parsley or 2 tsp dried parsley
¼tspsalt
¼tspblack pepper
Biscuit Topping
2cupsAP flour
1tbspbaking powder
½tspsalt
½cupunsalted butter6 tbsp cold + 2 tbsp melted
1cupwhole milk
Toppings: ground black pepper, extra parsley, extra cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 F. Generously grease a 9x13 baking pan.
Layer the sausage, peppers and then cheese into prepared pan. Whisk the eggs, milk, parsley, salt and pepper together in a large bowl. Pour evenly over the meat and cheese. Set aside.
Make the biscuit topping: Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Add in the 6 tbsp cubed cold butter and cut into dry ingredients with a pastry blender. Add the milk and then stir until the dough comes together. If too dry add another tbsp of milk. With floured hands, form the biscuit dough into 20 (1 ½ tbsp size) balls. Arrange on top of eggs.
Brush with melted butter and top with sprinkle of pepper, extra parsley and extra cheese.
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.