This Everything Bagel Sausage Bake has all of the breakfast flavors you love in an easy to make casserole. Filled with eggs, sausage, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, and everything bagels, this is sure to be your new favorite way to make breakfast for a crowd.

Everything Bagel Sausage Bake on a plate with strawberries in the background.

This simple and delicious breakfast casserole is the perfect way to use up those extra bagels you have on hand. Add pork sausage, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, and eggs, and you have a complete breakfast bake that’s ready in no time.

Everything Bagel Sausage Bake is a great breakfast casserole because it allows for many substitutions. Additionally, you can make it ahead and refrigerate overnight, or just bake immediately after putting it together. This is a also a fun dish to serve for as breakfast for dinner, and it’s hearty enough to satisfy everyone.

Everything Bagel Sausage Bake in a white casserole dish.

This is a great dish to make if you have leftover bagels on hand. However, this will only work with plain or savory bagels such as poppyseed, everything, garlic, cheese, or sesame. If you happen to have leftover sweet bagels, be sure to try my Overnight Bagel French Toast Casserole that’s made with a cream cheese maple glaze.

For another tasty way to make breakfast for a crowd, don’t miss my Sheet Pan Pancakes from Mix recipe that uses this Homemade Pancake Mix!

Everything Bagel Sausage Bake Recipe

Putting together this bagel breakfast casserole couldn’t be easier. If you are making ahead for the morning, you can prep the casserole the night before and then just bake before serving. Be sure to add a couple of minutes to the bake time so that the casserole has time to warm through.

To start, you will need to cook the pork sausage. Here, I recommend using one pound of Jimmy Dean’s breakfast sausage. However, you could use other flavored breakfast sausage, Italian sausage, turkey sausage, or even half of pound of bacon instead. Once the sausage is cooked, simply drain on a paper towel to remove any excess grease.

Cut up bread and cooked meat in a white casserole dish.

Next, spray your casserole dish or 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Add in the cubed bagels and sprinkle on diced green onions and shredded cheddar cheese.

Breakfast Casserole filled with bread, meat, green onions, and cheddar cheese.

Toss these ingredients together then prepare the egg custard. For the custard, simply beat together eight large eggs with two cups of milk and a pinch of kosher salt. Pour the custard over top of the bagel mixture and press down to soak.

egg custard soaking the mixture.

Lastly, sprinkle on the remaining shredded cheddar cheese and dollop with 4 ounces of cubed cream cheese. You can then either bake immediately, or cover and refrigerate for later.

Everything Bagel Sausage bake in a white baking dish with dollops of cream cheese on top.

If baking immediately, place uncovered in a 350 degree oven and bake for 45-50 minutes or until puffed and golden. Baking later? Let the everything bagel sausage bake sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes before baking or add an additional 5 to 10 minutes to the cook time.

Close up of finished Everything Bagel Sausage Bake.

Bagel Casserole Substitutions

If you don’t have all of the exact ingredients for this recipe, don’t worry! You can still make it using what you have.

For the bagels, you can substitute any savory or plain bagels you have. No bagels? Use day old French bread, Italian bread, or even sourdough in place.

If you are not a sausage fan or would prefer to use something in its place, there are plenty of options available. You could go vegetarian and use a vegan meat substitute or sautéed veggies. If you do want to use meat, cooked bacon or Italian sausage would be delicious.

As for the cheese, use whatever shredded cheese you have on hand. Pepper jack, Monterey Jack, Swiss, or gruyere would be excellent as well.

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Everything Bagel Sausage Bake.

I hope you love this recipe for Everything Bagel Sausage Bake. It’s easy to make and sure to be a crowd favorite. Enjoy!

Everything Bagel Sausage Bake on a plate with strawberries in the background.

Everything Bagel Sausage Casserole

This simple breakfast casserole is easy to make and can be baked immediately or refrigerated overnight. Feel free to subsitute the everything bagel for another savory bagel of your choice (plain works too).
5 from 9 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 389kcal
Cost: 7-9

Equipment

  • Casserole Dish or 9 x 13 baking dish

Ingredients

  • 1 pound pork sausage (like Jimmy Dean's)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 everything-flavored bagels, cubed
  • ½ cup chopped green onions
  • 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, cubed then softened

Instructions

  • If baking immediately, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
  • In a large skillet, cook the breakfast sausage, breaking up with a spoon, until cooked through and no longer pink. Drain on a paper towel.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk and salt.
  • Place the cubed bagels in the baking dish along with the cooked sausage, green onions, and 1 cup of shredded cheddar. Toss gently to combine, then pour the egg mixture over top and press down gently to soak all of the bagel pieces. Top dish with remaining ½ cup of shredded cheese and sprinkle on cream cheese cubes.
  • If baking immediately, place uncovered dish on the middle rack in the oven and bake until puffed and lightly brown, about 45-50 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onion if desired.

Notes

To bake this later, simply cover and refrigerate the casserole overnight. Remove from fridge about 30 minutes before baking. 

Nutrition

Calories: 389kcal
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5 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I would never have thought of using bagels like this. You definitely do learn something every day. I am going to look at your creme brulee french toast next.

  2. 5 stars
    This is the best breakfast option when friends are around and breakfast needs to be super special. Yum and delicious.

  3. 5 stars
    This is great! I love everything bagels and my whole family loved this, saving to make again soon!

  4. 5 stars
    I love breakfast casseroles that you can make up the night before. This is a wonderful recipe. I like the everything bagel addition. It adds a great flavor.