Amish Breakfast Casserole With Cottage Cheese
This delicious Amish Breakfast Casserole With Cottage Cheese recipe is a family favorite one-pan dish for gatherings and weekend brunches. With crispy bacon, breakfast sausage, hash browns and 3 different cheeses, it’s a real crowd-pleaser for an easy yummy holiday breakfast.
For more crowd pleasing breakfast casseroles try my bacon and egg cheese breakfast casserole, crescent roll breakfast casserole and sausage cream cheese casserole.
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Cheese Breakfast Casserole
I love this easy cheesy breakfast casserole with cottage cheese and two types of cheddar, which combines with the eggs and hash browns to bring this satisfying dish together.
It’s a crowd-pleasing one-dish meal that combines feel good comfort food classics like eggs, shredded potatoes, cheese, bacon and sausage into a hearty breakfast casserole.
The best part is you can make it ahead time for a stress free Christmas morning breakfast or family brunch that everyone will love!
I like to serve this savory dish for holiday brunch with sweet recipes like my blueberry French toast casserole, cinnamon roll apple cobbler, Monkey bread or cranberry orange scones.
Ingredients
- Bacon – diced, use your favorite bacon
- Onion – medium onion diced
- Breakfast Sausage
- Hash Browns – frozen hash browns thawed
- Eggs
- Whole Milk
- Sharp Cheddar Cheese – shredded
- White Cheddar Cheese – shredded
- Cottage Cheese
- Salt and Black Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- Optional Parsley – chopped parsley is optional for a garnish
Substitutions & Variations: You can use your favorite cheese mix or substitute mozzarella for the white cheddar cheese. Use ground turkey instead of sausage for a lighter version. Instead of using bacon you can use diced ham or turkey bacon for different flavor profiles.
How To Make Amish Breakfast Casserole
Step One – Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Step Two – In a large skillet, cook diced bacon until crispy. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Step Three – In the same skillet, cook sausage and onion unPl sausage is browned and onion is soft, about 7-8 minutes. Drain excess fat.
Step Four – Layer thawed hash browns in the bottom of prepared baking dish.
Step Five – In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Step Six – Stir in both shredded cheeses, cottage cheese, cooked bacon, and sausage mixture.
Step Seven – Pour over hash browns, spreading mixture evenly to reach all corners of the dish.
Step Eight – Bake uncovered for 50-60 minutes until set in the middle and lightly golden on top.
Enjoy!
Can I Make This Breakfast Casserole Ahead Of Time?
Yes! You can assemble the casserole the night before, cover it tightly and refrigerate it. Bake it fresh in the morning adding 5 to 10 extra minutes if baking straight from the fridge.
How Do I Know When This Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole Is Done?
The casserole is done when the center is set, and a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. It should be lightly golden on top as well.
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Store the Amish breakfast casserole in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat individual servings on a microwave-safe dish in the microwave for 1 to 2 minutes until warmed through. Reheat larger servings using a baking dish in the oven at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes.
To freeze wrap portions or the whole casserole tightly with plastic wrap and foil. Freeze for up to 2 months and thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.
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Amish Breakfast Casserole With Cottage Cheese
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Description
This delicious Amish Breakfast Casserole recipe is a family favorite one-pan wonder dish for breakfast gatherings and weekend brunches. With crispy bacon, breakfast sausage, hash browns and 3 different cheddar cheeses it’s a real crowd-pleaser for an easy yummy holiday breakfast.
Ingredients
12 ounces bacon, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 pound breakfast sausage
1 pound frozen hash browns, thawed
8 large eggs
3/4 cup whole milk
1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1 1/2 cups white cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup cottage cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
optional chopped parsley for a garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet, cook diced bacon until crispy. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
- In the same skillet, cook sausage and onion unPl sausage is browned and onion is soft, about 7-8 minutes. Drain excess fat.
- Layer thawed hash browns in the bottom of prepared baking dish.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Stir in both shredded cheeses, cottage cheese, cooked bacon, and sausage mixture.
- Pour over hash browns, spreading mixture evenly to reach all corners of the dish.
- Bake uncovered for 50-60 minutes until set in the middle and lightly golden on top.
Enjoy!
Notes
Storage and reheating instructions:
Store the Amish breakfast casserole in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat individual servings on a microwave-safe dish in the microwave for 1 to 2 minutes until warmed through. Reheat larger servings using a baking dish in the oven at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes.
To freeze wrap portions or the whole casserole tightly with plastic wrap and foil. Freeze for up to 2 months and thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
