I made this breakfast pizza today for my Sunday school class. Several people asked for the recipe, and I've often meant to upload the recipe to this site for safe keeping...so, here it is. This recipe actually holds sentimental value for me. I uploaded the picture of the original recipe card which was written out for me by Lela Thomas, who has since passed away. Growing up I used to spend the night at my best friend's house & her grandmom made this for us once. I must have raved on and on about it (even in my childhood) because she sent me home with the recipe! :) I've only tweaked it slightly. I use the Pillsbury ready made thin pizza crust, instead of crescent rolls. I've also added bacon to my toppings, but other than that, I use her recipe. It makes me think of Becky and her grandmother every time I make it! Love you Becky--I was so blessed to have you in my life growing up!
1lb pork sausage
1 pkg crescent rolls (I used the Pillsbury Thin Pizza crust)
1 C frozen shredded hashbrowns
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
5 eggs
1/4 C milk (I omit the milk sometimes bc if the eggs are too runny, they'll run off the crust)
S&P to taste
2 TBS grated Parmesan cheese
*Cooked, crumbled bacon (I added this element in, it's not on the original recipe)
Directions:
- Cook the sausage in a skillet until browned, drain off excess fat.
- Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles, place on pizza pan, points toward center, press over bottoms & up sides to form crust, seal perforations (or if using Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough, unroll and form it to shape of your pan...side note: directions on can say to pre-cook, so I do this for about 5 minutes before topping)
- Spoon cooked, crumbled sausage over the crust.
- Sprinkle hash brown potatoes over sausage.
- Top with shredded cheddar cheese
- In a bowl, beat eggs together & season to your liking with salt & pepper (this is also where you would add in the 1/4 C milk, but recently I've omitted the milk to make the eggs less runny)
- Pour the eggs over the sausage, potatoes, & cheese
- If using crumbled bacon, add it on top next
- Sprinkle the grated Parmesan over all
- Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or so...(I followed the directions on the Pillsbury can for how to cook their dough/pizza...it recommended the pre-baking and it calls for the pizza to be cooked at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or so) You may just have to play with the cooking process depending on what type of dough you are using, etc.
That's it! Hope you enjoy! And in Heaven one day you can tell Lela Thomas that she made a really great breakfast pizza. :)
