Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb ground sausage ("hot" or "sage" flavored)
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 1/2 cups frozen cubed hash brown potatoes
• 5 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 8 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese (2 cups)
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1 cup baking mix
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook sausage and onion in large frying pan over medium-high heat for 5 minutes or until meat crumbles.
• 2 stir in hash browns, and cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink and hash browns are lightly browned.
• 3 drain mixture well on paper towels.
• 4 spoon mixture into a lightly greased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 5 a stoneware baking dish works really well.
• 6 stir together the lightly beaten eggs, shredded cheese, milk, baking mix, salt and pepper.
• 7 pour evenly over sausage/hashbrown mixture.
• 8 stir well.
• 9 cover and chill for 8 hours.
• 10 bake covered with foil at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• 11 uncover and bake 10 to 15 more minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• 12 remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes.
• 13 you can also keep the casserole warm until you are ready to eat by covering it with foil and putting it in a 200 degree oven.
• 14 optional toppings: sour cream, favorite sauce of your choice (picante, hot sauce) you can also garnish it with parsley.