Everything Bagel Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole
This Everything Bagel Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole is an easy breakfast or brunch recipe.
Everyone has their own morning routine. During the week mine consists of running around the house trying to get two kids dressed, fed and out the door without being late. None of this happens without a big cup of coffee and an easy breakfast like this awesome Everything Bagel Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole. You’ve got to love a breakfast that requires almost no effort first thing in the morning!
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By the time I finish my coffee the Everything Bagel Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole is ready to come out of the oven and the kids are downstairs and ready to eat. This easy breakfast casserole has everything you love about breakfast, bacon, eggs, bagels, and lots and lots of cheese. Plus you make it ahead of time which is really the only way to do breakfast. Flipping pancakes is a weekend thing. During the week I need to focus on coffee and getting the kids ready, LOL.
You can make this Everything Bagel Breakfast Casserole the night before. You chop up the everything bagels, and layer them with bacon, cream cheese, and Gruyere cheese. Then you pour a mixture of eggs and cream over the casserole and cover it tightly before putting it in the refrigerator. In the morning you pull it out, pop it in the oven, enjoy your first cup of Dunkin’ Donuts Hazelnut K-Cups Coffee and then breakfast is served…along with your second cup of coffee if you’re lucky!
Everything Bagel Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients
- 5 Everything bagels, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 8 oz. Bacon, cooked and diced
- 2 c. Gruyere Cheese, shredded
- 8 oz. Cream cheese, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 8 large eggs
- 2 c. Heavy Cream
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- Chives for garnish
Instructions
- Grease a 13x9 inch casserole dish.
- Add ½ of the everything bagel cubes to the casserole dish. Sprinkle with half of the bacon. Then half of the Gruyere, and ½ of the cream cheese.
- Repeat with another layer of everything bagel, bacon, Gruyere, and cream cheese.
- In a bowl combine eggs, heavy cream, salt, and pepper. Whisk until thoroughly combined.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bagels making sure to cover all of them.
- Tightly over the casserole dish and place in refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- When ready to bake cover the casserole with aluminum foil and place in the oven to bake for 40 minutes. Then remove foil and continue to bake for 15 minutes.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with chives and enjoy!
Make mornings a little easier with this simple breakfast casserole and a hot cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in the comfort of your own kitchen.
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How far ahead can I prepare this. Is it possible to make it ahead and freeze it.
Kathy, we have not tried freezing it. You can make it 2 days ahead.
This looks amazing! Have you tried it in the crockpot? If you have, how long on what setting?
Sorry, I haven’t tried this in a slow cooker, but that does sound like a really good idea. I might have to give it a try over the holidays.
Any updates on making this in a crockpot?
Sorry, we’ve been super busy this holiday season and we haven’t had a chance to try this out in a crock pot.
Does it have to be heavy cream? can we sub in almond milk?
Hi Kim, almond milk might change the flavor slightly but I think the substitution will work just fine.
What happens to it if you dont refrigerate it for 4 hours, instead you made it and its ready to go in the oven because you have a hungry husband and child? Apparently I didnt read all the instructions, LOL!
Lol letting it sit just gives the bread time to soak up the egg mixture. If I make it right away I usually just press down on the bread and eggs a few times to help the bread soak up the eggs. It will be good either way just a little different texture.
Made it and… I guess it’s just too… bready? The taste is DEFINITELY good because… everything bagels, cream cheese, bacon and cream… how CAN you go wrong? My 3 boys just want a little more substance in their breakfast. It’s definitely got a good flavor, but just felt like a giant grilled cheese… needed a little something extra. Probably won’t make again but glad I tried it.
If you like it but are looking for a little more egg and meat heartiness give our Ham and Cheese English Muffin breakfast casserole a try sometime!
I’m pretty sure I do not need to preheat the oven for 4 hours or overnight. 😉 This sounds delicious, and I cannot wait to surprise my family with it over Easter!!
I’m so used to putting the preheat instructions at the top I didn’t even think about it. Thank you :). I hope you and your family love it!
The whole family loves this dish!! It’s a favorite for all of our special occasions 💞
Yay! I love hearing that. Thanks so much!
Made this for Easter brunch and everyone loved it – including teenagers 🙂 Followed the instructions exactly and it turned out great!
Can I make this 2 days ahead? Ok to sit in fridge for two nights?
According to https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/eggstorage.html you can keep raw eggs out of the shell in the refrigerator for 2-4 days so I think it would be ok to make this 2 days in advance.
Thank you! One of my favorite ever breakfast recipes I’ve tried on pinterest! I mostly followed the recipe exactly except I used parmesan bagels instead, doubled the bacon, added no salt because of this. Added a tiny bit oregano and some garlic powder and onion powder. The flavor reminded me the souffles you get at Panera but way better even. Definitely a keeper 🙂
I’m so happy you liked it!! You can’t go wrong doubling the bacon and parmesan bagels sound delicious!
Can I use a different type of cheese instead of gruyere?
Yes you could use any cheese that can be shredded. Cheddar would be delicious
This is what I put in my note on Pinterest: Yummy and Rich. I only made half a recipe and we had small servings because of the richness. I might cut the cream cheese in half next time to be less rich. It seemed like the egg mixture was not enough to coat the top so I flipped the whole thing over into another pan and let it sit all day and it was perfect. It even tastes good the next day, which has not been my experience with many breakfast casseroles due to their overly custardy texture. I like how all of the egg and milk mixture seem to have been soaked up by the bread and this one. The bread was moist enough but yet there wasn’t a lot of extra egg on the bottom. I used Einstein’s everything bagels that had been frozen for quite some time and were very dry. I think this will be a new special occasion breakfast/brunch keeper.
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your comment here too. I’m so glad you liked the recipe!
This might be a silly question but do you think it would be possible to add diced breakfast potatoes from the frozen section to this? Would I need to change the temp or baking time? Or make the potatoes beforehand? Thank you!
I don’t think it would be any problem to add breakfast potatoes to this dish. I would heat them up before adding so you don’t have to worry about changing the baking time.
Wow! Wow! WOW!!! This was SO good! Made exactly as directed as every bite was better than the last. Thank you!
This was so good! My husband loved it so much he went back for a third serving! My six and two year old really enjoyed it as well.
Just made this for Christmas morning 2020 and it was a major hit! Annnnd I made it in the crockpot for all those wondering how it would turn out :). Here are my tweaks:
1. I doubled the bacon to make it heartier for the boys.
2. I used 8oz Swiss/Gruyere mix and 8 oz Colby Jack
3. I started the crockpot on low but after an hour and half, it wasn’t cooking as quickly as I would have liked so I bumped it up to high for another 2.5 hours. Next time, I’d prob let it cook all night on low. The cream cheese didn’t melt as well as I would have liked but my family was hungry so we went with it-lol!
4. I’m also thinking you could try plain bagels and use Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Seasoning. I’d probably add that to the egg mixture.
Thank you for the recipe! It was delish and I’ll definitely make again!
That is awesome!! Thank you for sharing the crock pot instructions!
This looks so good! What a great dish to make for pot luck or to drop off for a family meal!
Thanks for sharing! Does it reheat well?
Made this for this morning’s Packers/Bears game! It was a huge hit! I did make a few changes, I doubled the bacon, and did 12 eggs instead of 8, also added spinac and artichoke (just because I need to feel like it had something healthy 😂). Will definitely make this again, thank you!