This breakfast bake recipe has all of my favorite things: two kinds of cheese, sausage, and rye bread. Each of these components make this breakfast bake extra special, and nothing short of delicious. Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, breakfast sausage, cubed rye bread, spinach, and eggs- it’s your classic breakfast bake but elevated!
Lately, I have rediscovered how wonderful rye bread is. I don’t often buy it to have at home, but I most often will have it via ordering a Rueben or a pastrami sandwich. Rye bread is so delicious in breakfast bakes or stuffing recipes like this one, because it adds such a wonderful depth of flavor that is “secret ingredient”-worthy.
This cheese, sausage, spinach, and rye bread breakfast bake recipe was developed for the blog at The Creamery. The first edition of this recipe, published in June of 2022, can be found here: Monterey, Cheddar and Rye Breakfast Bake. The recipe in my post here has been adapted from the original writing on The Creamery website.
The Creamery Utah and their cheeses
I created this recipe in partnership with The Creamery Utah and their awesome cheeses! Made with fresh milk from nearby farms in Utah, The Creamery Utah makes many varieties of cheeses and cheese curds, including the Monterey Jack and Mild Cheddar cheeses you see in this recipe! Their store in Beaver, Utah, has a kitchen (open for breakfast, lunch, and early dinner), ice cream parlor, and a kid’s learning zone- to learn more about how dairy farming works and all about dairy cows! Not to mention, the store also carries all kinds of local products to build your very own delicious snack board. AND they offer holiday gifting!
Things to know before making this recipe:
I love breakfast, but sometimes options are limited because its only a matter of time between when you wake up and when you NEED to eat something. So, breakfast bakes can be a little tough to get together when you’re considering enough time for prep and an hour in the oven. Unless of course you’re waking up at 5AM.
Here are some tips to prep this recipe ahead of time: The night before: cook the sausage, onion, and spinach together, and add to the baking dish. Shred the cheese. Whisk up the eggs. In the morning: toss the cubed rye bread and cheese into the mixture in the baking dish, and pour over egg mixture- and bake!
This recipe has spinach and onions- but feel free to add other veggies you love! Green or red peppers, green chilies, or chopped tomatoes would be great here!
Recipe details…
Monterey, Cheddar and Rye Breakfast Bake
This cheesy breakfast bake recipe was made in partnership with The Creamery in Beaver, Utah and their awesome cheeses made with fresh milk from nearby farms!
Ingredients:
Instructions:
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Preheat oven and prepare pan
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter or grease the sides and bottom of a large, 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Add the cubed rye bread, and set aside.
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Prepare the sausage, onion and spinach filling
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the breakfast sausage. Add diced onion when nearly fully cooked, and continue cooking until onion is translucent. Add chopped spinach, ½ teaspoon salt, and butter to the skillet, and cover with a tight fitting lid. Let the spinach steam and wilt down, about 4 minutes. Stir to combine, remove from heat and set aside in a large bowl to cool.
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Once cool, mix in the grated The Creamery cheese to the sausage, onion, and spinach mixture. Add to the baking dish with the cubed bread, and gently toss together.
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Prepare egg mixture,
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, mustard powder, 1 teaspoon salt and several cranks of fresh black pepper. Pour into the baking dish, over the cheese and sausage and bread mixture.
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Bake.
Cover the baking dish with tin foil, set onto a baking sheet, and bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Remove the foil, and bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until the top begins to brown and crisp.
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Serve warm!
Note
This recipe was created in partnership with The Creamery in Beaver, Utah. They offer a variety of cheeses on their online store, and you can visit their storefront kitchen and creamery.
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