Breakfast in the Crockpot

It is wonderful to wake up to a hot, homemade breakfast. By using your crockpot, you can plug it in at night and have that wonderful breakfast in the morning. These recipes call for eight to ten hours of cooking time. It is my suggestion you plug it in just before going to bed and then check on it just as soon as you wake up in the morning.

I'd like to share a few ways you can use your crockpot to have a hot breakfast in the morning.

This first recipe combines eggs and potatoes in a breakfast casserole. Start with a bag of frozen hash brown potatoes. I always defrost them before using them. Depending on the size of your crockpot, you'll create either two or three layers. At the end, you'll be pouring an egg mixture over the top so make sure to leave room. Use 1/3 to ½ of the potatoes on the bottom of the crockpot. Next comes your breakfast meat. You'll use about one pound in this recipe. Cook your meat and now add 1/3 to ½ of the meat on top of the potatoes. Dice up one bell pepper and one onion and add this on top of the meat. Your last layer ingredient is cheese. Use either white or yellow cheese, depending on your own taste preference. Total cheese is about one and half cups.

Now it's time to create the egg mixture. Mix together one dozen eggs and one cup of milk. We always use non fat milk and it comes out just fine. If you like salt and pepper add about one half teaspoon of each to the egg mixture. You want to mix the eggs and milk well, then pour over the top of the casserole. Cover and cook on low for ten to twelve hours.

The other recipe I'd like to share with you is for French toast casserole made in the crockpot. Start with about twelve slices of bread. You can use whatever you have in the house. We love leftover egg bread. If the bread is not already sliced, create slices that are on the thinner side. I take the bottom crust off of the bread before putting it in the crockpot. Spray your crockpot well before making this recipe so nothing sticks. The bread will expand while cooking so make sure you adjust the recipe and amount of bread to accommodate your crockpot.

If you like blueberries, raisins or strawberries, add them on top of the bread. Beat together the following:

1 dozen eggs
4 cups of milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon salt

Pour this over the bread and then sprinkle with one quarter teaspoon of cinnamon on top. Cook on low about eight or nine hours. When you wake up in the morning, all of the liquid should have been absorbed by the bread.

These are just two ideas on having a hot breakfast ready for you when you wake up in the morning.

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