Old Daves Breakfast Casserole/long/pictures

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This recipe was developed for lazy cooks like myself who wanted a complete meal on Saturday morning at a contest without much work. I am sure it would work as well for the folks at the Eggfests. It is very easy to make up in advance of your event and travels well in a cooler. It can be baked in any type of cooker/smoker at anywhere from about 250 to 350 degrees. It is best without a ton of smoke so the cooker needs to be burning pretty clean when you put it on for best results especially if you are using the lower temps. It will feed about 6-8 people.[p][p]The above picture shows the ingredients and they are as follows.[p]16oz or tube of Bob Evans Zesty Hot Sausage
Bout 1-1/2 cups (6oz) of frozen hash brown potatoes
Bout 1/3 to 1/2 cup of chopped onions
Bout 1/3 to 1/2 cup of chopped bell pepper
5 large eggs
Bout 2 cups of shreaded cheddar cheese (I use the sharp)
Bout 3/4 tsp salt* (if you use the hot Jimmy Dean, leave this out)
1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tsp leaf oregano
1 can Cresent rolls
1 nine by nine poultry pan
Pam for spraying the pan
Paprika[p]Run some hot water into a pan or bowl for the potatoes. Place about 6oz of the potatoes in the water to thaw them out. Oil up a skillet and place the onions and bell peppers in it and cook them for about 5 minutes. Then add the sausage and brown it well. Drain the grease and water. Then add the 3 spices and mix well. In the container that will go into your cooler for this treat, crack the eggs and mix well. After the sausage and veggies have cooled, pour them into the container. Then add the hash browns that you have drained thru a colinder. Then add the cheese and mix it all up and it is now ready to go into the cooler for your Saturday morning breakfast. [p][p]This picture shows all a fellow needs to take to the event for breakfast if you make it up at home. [p][p]On Saturday morning, spray the pan with Pam and put 4 of the Cresent rolls on the bottom. [p][p]Then add the mixture from the container. [p][p]Place the remaining rolls on top and add some paprika and it is ready for your cooker/smoker. [p]It will take about 2 hours at 250 degrees at the grid or about 30 minutes at 350 degrees at the grid but I just watch it and when the bread is browned up nice, I will pull it off the cooker. [p][p]This is the treat just out of the cooker.[p][p]I cut the casserole into 9 pieces and it makes a nice serving.[p]Dave

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Old Dave,[p]Thanks for sharing, this looks fantastic.[p]Mike

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Old Dave,[p]Looks great! Thanks.[p]Tonia
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Wise One

Old Dave, as usual - your baking looks so easy and so great. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to capture this one for myself.