Sausage Breakfast Pie

This Sausage Breakfast Pie combines three essential breakfast foods — sausage, eggs and cheese — and bakes them inside a flaky pie crust. The result is an easy quiche that’s ideal for weekend brunch or a holiday breakfast.

I’m not ashamed to have pie for breakfast. I’ve been known to sneak a leftover piece of apple pie along with my americano.

This Sausage Breakfast Pie (AKA breakfast quiche) recipe is 100% acceptable for breakfast or brunch, though. It’s savory and full of eggs, cheese and sausage.

Is breakfast pie the same as quiche?

Yes. Quiche is an egg/milk mixture that bakes in a flaky pie crust, so yes, this breakfast pie would be considered a quiche.

Quiche can be filled with veggies and all kinds of meats and cheeses so you can use this recipe as a base, then adapt it to what you’d like.

Ingredients

• Pie shell: I use my grandma’s pie crust recipe, but you can take a shortcut and buy a refrigerated pie crust if you’d like.
• Sausage: My family loves sausage, but use any protein you’d like: bacon or ham.
• Cheddar cheese: Freshly shredded cheddar cheese is always best.
• Eggs: Large eggs are standard. If you have jumbo eggs, only use 4. If you have medium eggs, you may want to consider adding an additional egg.
• Milk: A high fat milk works best because it keeps the pie rich and fluffy. Use whole milk if you have it. Or you can use half heavy cream and half 2% milk.
• Salt & Pepper: Or add any other seasonings you’d like.
• Optional Add-ins: You can mix diced red bell pepper, mushrooms, onions, asparagus or really any other veggie into your egg & sausage mixture.

How to Make Sausage Breakfast Pie

• Prepare. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Place the pie dough into a 9-inch pie plate and flute the edges. Cook the sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbled. Drain off any fat.
• Layer. Sprinkle ½ cup of cheese over the bottom of the unbaked pie crust. Sprinkle the cooked sausage evenly over the cheese. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the sausage and cheese. Then sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
• Bake. Bake for 30-35 minutes. A knife inserted in the center of the pie should come out clean. If you notice the edges of the pie getting too brown, you can cover the pie pan loosely with a piece of aluminum foil to prevent it from getting too brown.

Make it a meal.

Looking to make this a complete meal? Try these recipes:

• Roasted asparagus
• Potatoes O’brien
• Sparkling fruit salad
• Cranberry punch

Sausage Breakfast Pie {Easy Quiche Recipe}

4.44 from 23 votes

This recipe combines three essential breakfast foods — sausage, eggs and cheese — and bakes them inside a flaky pie crust. The result is a delicious dish that’s ideal for weekend brunch or a holiday breakfast.

Servings 8

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

 

• 1 9" unbaked pie shell
• 16 ounces bulk breakfast sausage
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese divided
• 5 large eggs beaten
• 1 cup whole milk
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 375ºF.
• Place the pie dough into a 9-inch pie plate and flute the edges.
• Cook the sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbled. Drain off any fat.
• Sprinkle ½ cup of cheese over the bottom of the unbaked pie crust.
• Sprinkle the cooked sausage evenly over the cheese.
• Then sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
• Pour the egg mixture evenly over the sausage and cheese.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes. A knife inserted in the center of the pie should come out clean.

Author Julie Clark

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword breakfast casserole, breakfast sausage

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