Country Breakfast Pie
Author: Christina Shirley
Recipe type: Breakfast
- 2 cups frozen hashbrowns, thawed
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- salt and pepper
- ½ lb Jimmy Dean pork sausage roll, cooked and crumbled
- ¾ lb Jimmy Dean Bacon, cooked and cut/torn into bite size pieces
- 6 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup shredded cheddar
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 cup diced peppers (any color bell)
- ¼ cup diced onion
- 4 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine thawed hash browns, oil, butter, and a pinch of salt and pepper until well combined.
- Firmly press the hash brown mixture into the bottom and sides of a 9" pie pan, creating a crust.
- Bake hash brown crust for 15 minutes.
- While your crust is baking, prepare your filling.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Mix cheeses together evenly to create a cheddar mozzarella blend.
- Add 1½ cups cheese to egg mixture and combine.
- Add peppers and onions and combine.
- Add bacon and combine.
- Remove crust from oven.
- Reduce heat to 350 F.
- Spread cooked sausage crumbles over hash brown crust.
- Pour egg mixture over sausage and spread evenly.
- Place tomato halves evenly around crust, pushing gently into egg mixture.
- Top with remaining ½ cup shredded cheese.
- Bake at 350 F for 30 min. The top should be golden brown and the eggs should be firm and not move around.
Recipe by The Shirley Journey at https://theshirleyjourney.com/country-breakfast-pie/
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