Sausage Breakfast Casserole

My favorite meal is breakfast and I will eat it for ANY meal. I find it hard to cook when company comes over since its such a "made to order" meal but I found this breakfast casserole which is very simple to make and with a few tweaks to the original recipe, absolutely delicious. It's turned into a tradition to make this for Christmas day because it can cook while we open presents and can feed a large group of people. I don't recommend making it the night before but you can prep a few things to make throwing the dish together super easy.

2 16oz packages of sausage (I use Jimmy Dean Regular)

1 white or sweet onion, copped

1 extra large green pepper, chopped

3 C frozen shredded hash browns (Ore Ida is best)

3 C cheddar cheese divided

1 C bisquick mix

2 C milk

8 eggs

Salt & Pepper to taste

13x9 baking dish

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Saute peppers, onions and sausage over medium high heat until sausage is no longer pink, but not fully cooked. (This you can do the night before to save time. Just take out of the fridge in the morning and let warm to room temperature before proceeding.)

2. Drain sausage mixture and put into a greased 13x9 baking dish. Add 3 C frozen shredded hash browns and 2 C cheddar cheese. Mix in the pan until blended well.

3. In a separate bowl, wisk 1 C bisquick with 2 C milk and 8 eggs. Add salt and pepper to taste.

4. Pour bisquick mixture over the ingredients in the baking dish, coating evenly.

5. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until top starts to brown and a knife comes out clean from the middle.

6. Top with remaining 1 C of cheddar cheese and put back in the oven for 1-2 minutes to melt.

7. Let sit for 5 minutes, cut and serve. Feeds 12-15.

Breakfast for lunch anyone? Enjoy!