Name: Breakfast Mac And Cheese
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 lb pasta; 1 lb maple-flavored pork sausage; 1 large yellow onion (diced); 1 red pepper (diced); 1 tsp garlic salt; 4 tbsp butter; 6 tbsp flour; 4 cups whole milk; 2 cups shredded colby jack cheese; 2 cups pepper jack cheese; 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese; salt and pepper (to taste); 4 large eggs; 5-6 cooked breakfast biscuits

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Breakfast mac and cheese puts all your breakfast and brunch favorites in one dish and tosses it with cheesy pasta.This skillet dish tastes so amazing that your family will request it often for their morning meal.

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My kids are the kids that could eat macaroni and cheese all day every day.

We’re talking breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.

And that’s how this breakfast mac and cheese came to be!

My youngest went on a hunger strike.

If it wasn’t mac and cheese, he wanted no parts of it.

So we boldly went where no one has gone before: breakfast macaroni and cheese.

It’s creamy, it’s cheesy, it’s loaded with maple flavored sausage chunks, veggies, and three different kinds of cheese.

Topped with egg-tossed pieces of crusty bread, it’s all your favorite breakfast foods in one perfect dish.

Ingredients

To make this, you’ll need:

Pasta– A small tubular pasta like elbows or penne. Bowties or cavatappi would also work.
Sausage– Maple flavored pork sausage.
Veggies– Diced onion and red pepper
Seasoning– Garlic salt, salt, and pepper
Butter
Flour– To thicken the cheese sauce
Milk– Use whole milk and not a lower fat milk.
Cheese– Shredded colby jack, shredded cheddar, and shredded pepper jack cheese
Eggs
Breakfast biscuits– Precooked

How to Make

Making breakfast mac and cheese is pretty similar to making other versions of the cheesy pasta.

To do it, cook the pasta according to the package directions.

Once the pasta has cooked, drain it and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.

Then set the pasta aside.

Meanwhile, cook the sausage in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat, breaking up as it cooks until the sausage is fully cooked.

Drain and set the sausage aside.

Cook the onion and pepper in the greasy skillet about 4 to 5 minutes or until the veggies start to soften.

Transfer the mixture to the reserved sausage.

Then start making the sauce in the same skillet by adding the butter to the skillet and melting it over medium heat.

Once the butter has melted, whisk in flour until it forms a paste and cook for 2 minutes or until it’s golden.

Stir the roux constantly.

Then, gradually whisk in the milk and bring the mixture to a boil and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes or until it thickens.

Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in roughly 2/3 of the cheese until it’s melted and the mixture’s smooth.

Add salt and pepper the sauce, to taste.

Then, stir the cooked pasta, sausage, and veggies into the cheese sauce until everything’s evenly coated.

In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs together and then stir in the remaining cheese plus the crumbled biscuits.

Pour this mixture on top of the mac and cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Serve warm, with a drizzle of maple syrup, if desired.

Enjoy!

Storing Leftovers

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Reheat them in a hot oven until warmed through.

Tips and Tricks

You can use other types of sausage if you prefer or even switch the sausage for bacon.
Don’t have biscuits? Cube up some bakery bread instead.
While I prefer this combo of cheese, you can use any cheeses you like or play with the ratio of cheeses. Just make sure you are using roughly 6 cups.

Other Mac and Cheese Recipes

Breakfast mac and cheese is the answer to what’s for breakfast, brunch or even dinner when you feel like switching it up a bit.

Make it and enjoy!

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