New Year’s Brunch Dishes

Country Breakfast Pie

• 1 pkg. Jimmy Dean® sausage
• 1 9-inch pie shell, deep dish (pre-made or from scratch)
• 1 ½ cups grated Swiss or Cheddar cheese – or mix!
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten, or 1 cup Eggbeaters®
• ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
• ¼ cup chopped red bell pepper
• 2 Tbsp. chopped onion
• 1 cup half-and-half

Crumble and cook sausage, drain well. Prepare pie shell. Mix cheese and sausage, sprinkle in shell. Lightly beat eggs in bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and add to egg mixture. Pour into shell. Bake at 375° F. for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on rack 10 minutes.

• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 can cream of chicken soup (10 ¾ oz.)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 8-oz. container French onion dip
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ¼ each green and red bell pepper (optional)
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 30 oz. pkg frozen hash brown shredded potatoes, thawed

In very large mixing bowl, combine cheese, soup, sour cream, dip, onion, peppers, and salt and pepper. Fold in thawed hash brown potatoes. Mix well. Spread mixture into a 9 x 13-inch greased baking dish. Bake at 350° F. for 1 hour or until golden brown.

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup or 1 stick melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. nutmeg
• Pinch of salt

Mix ingredients together and place in 9×13 baking pan.

Topping

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 stick softened butter
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ cup pecans

Mix together until crumbly. Spread over top of batter. Bake at 350° F. 25-30 minutes.