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Cheesy Egg Casserole is the perfect baked eggs recipe for brunch! This buttery, easy breakfast casserole is full of cheese and no bread so it’s just cheesy eggs! I make this recipe for every brunch (and sometimes just because) and it always disappears first!
Why You’ll Love THIS Casserole
If you’re looking for the perfect brunch egg recipe, THIS IS IT. It’s a family favorite and it’s so easy – it comes together in minutes – without bread! None of my family are huge egg lovers, but we devour this breakfast casserole, so you know it has to be good.
- Easy Breakfast Casserole can be made the night before
- It’s egg casserole without bread – just eggs and cheese!
- It’s perfect for holiday brunch – we make it every year for Christmas morning breakfast.
Ingredients Needed
- The eggs get their body and rise from a combination of all purpose flour and baking powder.
- Then you add double the cheese: cottage cheese and 2 full cups of your favorite cheese. I use mozzarella most often because I think it pairs well with the Italian seasoning.
- The butter gives it great flavor and helps it all melt together perfectly.
Variations
- Simply stir some pre-cooked veggies, like chopped mushrooms, green onion, broccoli, zucchini, or bell peppers, into the egg mixture.
- Use any kind of cheese (cheddar, pepper jack cheese, or your favorite)
How to make my Egg Casserole Recipe
- Whisk eggs until slightly beaten then whisk in melted butter.
- Whisk in flour, baking powder, and seasonings until smooth.
- Mix in cottage cheese and shredded cheese.
- Pour into a 9×13-inch baking pan and bake for 30-40 minutes at 400°F until browned and set in the middle. Cool 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Tip From Dorothy
Expert Tips
- You can assemble the entire breakfast casserole recipe the night before and allow to come to room temperature before baking the next morning.
- Best served fresh, but it can also be sliced and stored in individual containers and frozen. Defrost in microwave.
- Don’t be freaked out about cottage cheese. I don’t like cottage cheese (neither does anyone in my family) but we love this recipe. You don’t taste it – it’s just there to add body and a little extra protein.
- Make a gluten free breakfast casserole with 1:1 AP GF flour
- You can add bacon or sausage, ham, make it a hash brown casserole, or even add green chiles.
- Use any kind of cheese you want: Cheddar cheese, Mozzarella, or Monterey Jack all melt perfectly in this recipe.
- Add your favorite cooked chopped vegetables!
FAQs
This recipe can be made gluten free by substituting GF 1:1 AP flour in place of the all purpose flour.
You can assemble this the night before and bake it the morning of. Remove it from the refrigerator to come to room temperature while the oven preheats.
I have never tried swapping this out, but others have tried ricotta cheese with success.
Cheesy Egg Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, melted (I use Challenge Butter)
- 1 16 ounce container (453g) cottage cheese
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese (approzimately 8 ounces/226g)
- ¼ cup (31g) all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 10 large eggs lightly beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray a 9×13” pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Whisk eggs in a large bowl.
- Stir in butter, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, flour, baking powder, Italian seasoning, and salt (mixture will be lumpy).
- Pour into prepared baking dish and bake for 30-40 minutes or until browned and set in the middle. Cool 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.
- Best served fresh, but it can also be sliced and stored in individual containers and frozen. Defrost in microwave.
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Recipe Notes
- You can assemble the entire casserole the night before and allow to come to room temperature before baking the next morning.
- Best served fresh, but it can also be sliced and stored in individual containers and frozen. Defrost in microwave.
- Don’t be freaked out about cottage cheese. I don’t like cottage cheese (neither does anyone in my family) but we love this recipe. You don’t taste it – it’s just there to add body and a little extra protein.
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Last Updated on March 26, 2024
Could I use Ricotta in place of cottage cheese?
Thanks !! Looking for new ideas!! ❤️❤️
This was yummy! A definite keeper. I can see the potential to easily switch up the cheese or add other ingredients too. However, for this first round I followed the recipe exactly. It too just 30 min in the oven and came out perfect.
Super easy. I’ve now made it many times and add something different each time, diced Ortega chilis, mushrooms, onions, varied spices. I also have used gruyere cheese, Swiss cheese and white cheddar. Each cheese is different in flavor and adds so much to the overall taste.
It freezes beautifully.
Made it this Xmas morn and turned out a big hit! I took liberty and replaced cottage cheese with light cream cheese AND added diced green Chile’s and topped it with small amount of shredded cheese ….which got too brown in oven! My mistake! Otherwise , a hit! Great recipe! 😊 thank you! 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It was very easy to make and I loved the buttery taste. I also appreciate that it was meat free (most egg bakes have meat and they don’t translate too well into vegetarian). I cut the recipe in half and it worked great in an 8×8 pan for 30 minutes. I also went with only 1/8 tsp salt for my halved recipe. I always cut salt by half, but the cottage cheese has plenty.
This is a great recipe. I added Asparagus to it was great. Switched up Italian spices for some onion and garlic powder. Was a hit with the family.
can i omit the cottage cheese?
Made this for the first time for my daughter’s birthday party brunch last week. It was so easy to prepare and made it exactly as recipe stated and it was absolutely delicious and everyone loved it. Also made the sausage one at the same time, also so easy and delicious. They are keepers and will be making them again and again! Very happy.
Great recipe, next time I will omit the salt and half the butter. I felt it was too buttery tasting but that’s probably just a personal preference. Thanks!
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