Breakfast Pizza

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day...no matter when you eat it.  My husband's Auntie Barb used to make this for the family for Christmas morning every year and it has become a classic in our house.  I usually make a batch and we'll have it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks throughout the day...snacks throughout the night.  It's a simple recipe that combines all the best flavors of breakfast into a quick, grab and go square.

It's simple - start with breakfast sausage. Cut up one small onion and saute the onion with the sausage until well cooked and no longer pink



Place on paper towel to drain - I love sausage grease as much as the next person, BUT, you don't want your casserole to be all greasy.

Add thawed breakfast potatoes to leftover sausage grease and cook until lightly browned



Take crescent rolls out of the refrigerator and press into a full rectangle to fit a 9 x 13 in baking pan ensuring all the seams are closed. This might require you to flatten and stretch each individual roll to make one dough.  You can also use a jelly roll pan.
Scramble your eggs with milk, salt, pepper and half of the parmesan.




Layer first the sausage, careful to fill to the edges, then the potatoes.

Add cheddar cheese, then pour egg mixture over the entire casserole. 

Top with remainder of parmesan and bake on 350 Degrees for 25-30 minutes or until eggs are cooked all the way through.

Mmmm now doesn't that look delicious? Cheesey, carby, meaty goodness!




Aunt Barb's Breakfast Pizza

1 Lb Ground Breakfast Sausage
1 Small onion diced
1 8 Oz Package of Crescent Rolls (hint - the reduced fat just do not do the job right)
1 C Diced Potato Hash browns - O'brien Style preferred
1 1/2 C Sharp Shredded Cheddar Cheese
6 Eggs
1/4 C Milk
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 C Grated Parmesan (divided in half)

Brown breakfast sausage with diced onion. Put aside to drain. Add potatoes to remaining grease in fry pan, cook until lightly browned. Spread crescent rolls to form a crust (you can use a 9 x 13 pan, a pizza pan or a jelly roll all of the same size). Add cooked sausage, careful to fill to the ends.  Then top with potatoes and cheddar cheese. Combine eggs, milk, salt, pepper and half the parmesan cheese. Pour carefully over entire casserole careful not to have too much piled towards the ends.  Top with remainder of parmesan and bake 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until eggs are cooked all the way through and crust is slightly browned. 

**This can be cut into squares and stored in an air tight container for up to a week!