Cheesy Egg Crescent Roll Casserole
Whenever I have a crowd for breakfast, I like to serve a hearty breakfast casserole. Here’s my latest example: Cheesy Egg Crescent Roll Casserole.
You make this kind of like a quiche, with refrigerator crescent rolls – the kind that come in a tube – to form the crust. You lay those out in the pan, and then cover them with a rich, eggy batter loaded with cheese, bacon, milk, and cream.
But as you bake it, the coolest thing happens. Instead of staying on the bottom, the crescent rolls soak up the egg mixture and start to puff. So by the time the eggs are fully cooked – about 20 to 25 minutes – the crescents have swelled up right to the top of the pan and made a gorgeous, golden-brown top.
This isn’t just gorgeous to look at – it also has a wonderful, tender texture unlike anything you’ve ever tried. It’s kind of like a cross between a flaky crescent roll and really good, moist French toast. And the hearty mixture of eggs, milk, and bacon makes the whole dish both savory and satisfying.
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And if this sounds so good you can’t wait until you have a big crowd for breakfast, why not make it for dinner instead? All you need is a green veggie to make it a complete meal.
Cheesy Egg Crescent Roll Casserole
INGREDIENTS:
8 slices cooked bacon, chopped
2 tubes Crescent Rolls
5 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 cup shredded Cheddar
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375°. Grease a 9″-x-13″ baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
2. Roll crescent rolls according to package instructions and place side-by-side in the baking dish.
4. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, and season with salt and pepper. Fold in bacon and cheese, then pour mixture over crescent rolls.
5. Bake until the rolls are golden and the egg mixture is set, 23 to 25 minutes.
6. Serve warm.
Cheesy Egg Crescent Roll Casserole
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Ingredients
- 8 slices cooked bacon, chopped
- 2 tubes Crescent Rolls
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cup shredded Cheddar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Grease a 9″-x-13″ baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
- Roll crescent rolls according to package instructions and place side-by-side in the baking dish.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, and season with salt and pepper. Fold in bacon and cheese, then pour mixture over crescent rolls. Bake until the rolls are golden and the egg mixture is set, 23 to 25 minutes.
- Serve warm.
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Nutrition
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Made this today for Christmas morning breakfast. So delicious!!! Thank you for sharing!
I tweaked this a little by using a big spoonful of sour cream and milk, 4 eggs and a little less cheese and prebaked Costco croissants due to what I had on hand. My husband said it was the best breakfast ever and it made his day!
I made this for Easter Brunch for myself during the Covid lockdown. I used what I had on hand which was the smallest tube with 4 rolls, almost 1/2 c skim milk, and a lot of cheese. And everything but the bagel seasoning. Based on comments here, and because I used skim milk, I let it bake 30 minutes then turned off the oven and let it sit about 5 minutes. It turned out great! Delicious and easier to make than my usual egg casserole that sits overnight. And half was plenty. I think the leftovers will heat up well for dinner tonight. I love that I can easily make this to serve 1 or 2.
This was a hit!! I cut the recipe in half and used a pie plate, very pretty presentation. I also used turkey sausage instead of bacon.. the top was getting too dark before the croissant was completely done in the center so I tented with foil and lowered the temp to 250 degrees for an additional 5 /7 minutes.. this will be a go to for our family!!
Can you make it with just one can of rolls and cut remaining ingredients in half? Too much for 2 of us. What about the eggs? How many?
Lynda, in the recipe card, if you click on the number of servings, you can reduce that to needed servings and it will adjust the ingredients.