Holiday Shortcuts

We have had a very busy but nice holiday season so far.  It's still going on!
I wanted to share a couple of shortcut recipes that really worked out well for us.
The first is a breakfast casserole.  It has all of the standard breakfast casserole ingredients but it's not done overnight, like most of the ones I've seen.  This is a Pillsbury recipe.  They call it their Holiday Breakfast Bake. Here's the recipe:

12 oz. bulk pork sausage
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1/3 cup chopped red pepper
10 eggs
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 can Pillsbury Grands! Flaky Layers biscuits

1. Heat oven to 375℉. Spray 13x9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, brown the sausage, onion and bell peppers; drain well. (I actually did this the day before and refrigerated the meat mix until the next morning, when I microwaved it just for a minute to rewarm.)

2. In large bowl, beat eggs. Stir in cheese and sausage mixture. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Press biscuits into bottom of baking dish. Pour sausage mixture over biscuit crust.

3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until egg mixture is set and crust is deep golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

We had several of our kids stop by on Christmas morning and this was great to have available for whenever they showed up. It also reheats well in the microwave. And it's really delicious!

The second thing we made was also a Pillsbury recipe. It's their Maple-Cinnamon-Pecan Pull-Aparts. These are sinfully delicious as they start with Grands Cinnamon rolls. It only gets better! Here's the recipe:

1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon maple flavoring or vanilla (I used vanilla)
1 can Pillsbury Grands! Flaky Supreme refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing

1. Heat oven to 350℉. Spray 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. In large bown, mix all ingredients except cinnamon rolls with icing.

2. Separate dough into 5 rolls; set icing aside. Cut each roll into quarters; add to pecan mixture, tossing to coat. Spoon roll mixture into pan.

3. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving platter. Spread with icing. Serve warm.

These were fabulous and fun! Again, they reheat well in the microwave (just enough to take the chill off).

So for our semi-homemade Christmas morning, I think we came up with two winners! And there was no stress to be found anywhere at all!