Cooks while you sleep! Some fun variations of this recipe: before cooking (during prep) you can add chunks of sourdough bread, diced chiles, salsa, and/or diced green onions. You can use sage or regular sausage in place of the maple sausage, if desired.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- frozen hash brown potatoes: 1 pack (26 ounce pack, thawed)
- eggs: 12 piece (beaten)
- milk: 1 cup
- ground mustard: 1 Tbsp
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- maple-flavored sausage: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
- cheddar cheese: 1 pack (16 ounce pack, shredded)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Spray the crock of a slow cooker with cooking spray. Spread hash browns to cover the bottom of the slow cooker crock.
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Whisk eggs, milk, mustard, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl.
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Spread sausage over hash browns and spread Cheddar cheese over sausage. Pour egg mixture over cheese.
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Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
