Start Your Morning Right: 25 Easy Breakfast Casseroles

Many people don't think of casseroles as breakfast food. But that's a shame, because there are many delicious recipes out there that are, whether sweet, savory, or some combination of the two. From global flavors and maple-syrup-soaked goodness to those that feature typical morning-meal foods such as eggs, potatoes, and breakfast meats, here are some of our favorite breakfast casserole recipes on the internet. 

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If your idea of the perfect breakfast is an ooey, gooey cinnamon roll, why not take that one step further by filling up an entire casserole dish with the same yummy goodness? This recipe makes it easy by using refrigerated breakfast rolls from a can, then adding lots of other delicious ingredients, including cream cheese. The recipe developer suggests making this recipe your own by experimenting with different flavors of cream cheeses.

Recipe: Lemon Tree Dwelling

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This recipe takes the breakfast staples of eggs and adds spicy chorizo, a couple of different types of cheese, and veggies and herbs such as onion, bell pepper, garlic, and cilantro to amp up the flavor. Suggested toppings include pico de gallo, sour cream, and avocado (and we'd add a healthy dash of hot sauce.)

Recipe: The Gracious Wife

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What could be more quintessentially breakfast-focused than biscuits and gravy? This recipe employs refrigerated biscuit dough and a country gravy mix packet to make it a bit easier. Plenty of cheese, oregano, and garlic powder add an extra punch of flavor. 

Recipe: Spaceships & Laser Beams

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Can't make it to your local Cracker Barrel this weekend? This copycat recipe will give you your cheesy hash brown casserole fix without even needing to leave the house. With a can of condensed soup, sour cream, and a heaping topping of cheese, this creamy casserole is, commenters note, close in flavor to the real deal. 

Recipe: Dinner Then Dessert 

With just seven ingredients, this breakfast casserole is super easy to throw together. It is also likely to impress guests or family members, especially if you make your own Hollandaise sauce. 

Recipe: Mighty Mrs.

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This is a great breakfast casserole choice for berry lovers, and includes ingredients such as croissants, cream cheese, lemon zest, and a vanilla bean glaze that pulls the whole thing together. 

Recipe: The Chunky Chef

If you're one of those people who can't pass up a crouton, you'll probably love this breakfast casserole recipe that starts with them. After adding a layer of that crunch to the bottom of the dish, you follow them up with plenty of eggs, ham, spinach, and cheese. 

Recipe: The Kitchen is My Playground

What could be better than an everything bagel slathered with cream cheese? How about combining those ingredients with veggies, eggs, cheese, bacon, and more. You can prepare this the night before to pop into the oven in the morning. 

Recipe: Sally's Baking Addiction 

This nearly five-star recipe from Recipe Girl combines hash browns, spicy cheese, ham, green onions, and eggs for a tasty and hearty breakfast the whole family will love. 

Recipe: Recipe Girl 

Not only does this recipe combine the best of sweet and savory breakfast fixings, but according to the recipe developer, it will make your kitchen smell amazing while it's cooking. 

Recipe: Plain Chicken

Lots of people love a breakfast burrito, so why not mix things up with breakfast enchiladas? This dish includes sausage, bacon, eggs, and tortillas. Though the recipe doesn't call for it, a healthy dose of hot sauce should fix things for anyone who likes their food spicy. 

Recipe: Julie's Eats and Treats 

If you've never tasted the deliciousness that is King's Hawaiian dinner rolls, you're missing out. Combine those with butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and you won't have to miss out anymore. 

Recipe: Fab Everyday

If you can't fathom a breakfast without potatoes and plenty of cheese, this casserole recipe is for you. With Italian sausage, onion, and eggs added, it's an easy recipe that is unlikely to leave any leftovers. 

Recipe: Doughmesstic

According to the recipe developer, this "playful twist on classic pancakes incorporates the best elements of bread pudding to make a beautifully fluffy and decadently sweet brunch dish." With 10 servings, it'll also feed a crowd. 

Recipe: Southern Living

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Give your breakfast a little low country action with this recipe, which includes heavy cream, cheese, bacon, red onion, bell pepper, garlic, herbs, and more for a yummy and flavor-filled result. 

Recipe: Southern Living

Dubbed "cheesy" and "dreamy" by the developer, this recipe gets a punch of flavor from green chiles and chopped chives and texture from tater tots, sausage, and bacon. 

Recipe: Buns in My Oven 

This Bobby Flay vegetarian breakfast strata — a word that basically means layered casserole — takes a little more time, effort, and culinary technique than others on this list, but with loads of flavor from Gruyere cheese, cherry tomatoes, and caramelized onions, it should be well worth it. 

Recipe: Food Network

This sweet breakfast casserole starts with a brioche base and adds eggs, maple syrup, and a healthy dose of orange flavor via zest, fresh-squeezed orange juice (though we won't tell if you don't squeeze it yourself), and orange segments. 

Recipe: Kitchn

For some people, nothing quite says summer like the flavor combination of strawberries with rhubarb. If you've got some rhubarb in the freezer waiting to be used, this recipe will help you do that, combining two summertime harvests with sourdough, eggs, maple syrup, cinnamon, and more for a sweet and satisfying breakfast. 

Recipe: Traditional Cooking School 

Sometimes you just crave protein for breakfast, without the added prep time or fuss of a bunch of other ingredients. This breakfast casserole incorporates sausage and bacon with simple ingredients such as white bread, cheddar, and eggs for a meal that's easy to put together and likely to be popular with picky eaters. 

Recipe: Food.com 

This casserole — with its sweet cream cheese and crumbled topping — provides texture and flavor in each bite. It can be made ahead of time and is "decadent and indulgent." 

Recipe: Sally's Baking Addiction

If you're the kind of person who searches a breakfast menu for a Greek omelet, this will likely be your casserole of choice. It's packed with flavors such as sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, spinach, garlic and herbs, pepper, and artichokes. 

Recipe: A Spicy Perspective

If you regularly get your Egg McMuffin on, you might want to give this recipe a spin. In addition to English muffins, the recipe calls for breakfast sausage, onion, hash browns, eggs, and cheese. 

Recipe: Spicy Southern Kitchen 

This breakfast casserole with the fancy name gets some flavor depth from country bread, nutmeg, Dijon mustard, Gruyère cheese, and Black Forest ham. Those who've made this recipe note that it's an "adaptable and forgiving" one that'll work well with cheese, meat, and bread substitutions. 

Recipe: Epicurious

Lemon poppyseed muffin aficionados will be happy with this recipe combining their flavors with the breakfast magic that is French toast. It incorporates fresh-made lemon curd, cream cheese, and almond extract for a punch of deliciously sweet flavor. 

Recipe: Homesick Texan 

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