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A baked Christmas Breakfast Quiche
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5 from 29 votes

Christmas Breakfast Quiche

This Christmas Quiche is filled with sausage, cranberries, and cheese. It makes a perfect Christmas morning breakfast or brunch.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time55 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Quiche
Servings: 8
Calories: 415kcal
Author: Echo Blickenstaff

Ingredients

  • 1 deep dish pie shell 9", frozen or homemade
  • 1/2 pound ground breakfast sausage
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese shredded
  • 4 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups half and half

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake pie shell for 7 minutes. If using a frozen pie shell, let it stand for 10 minutes at room temperature before baking. Let cool.
    An empty partially baked pie crust
  • Brown sausage in a large skillet and drain excess grease. Stir in dried cranberries.
    Browned sausage and dried cranberries in a skillet
  • Whisk eggs and half-and-half in a medium bowl until well blended.
    Eggs and half and half combined in a bowl
  • Sprinkle cheese on the bottom of the pie shell. Add sausage and cranberries.
    A pie crust filled with cheese, sausage, and cranberries
  • Pour egg mixture into pie shell over sausage, cranberries, and cheese.
    Eggs and cream being poured over a pie crust filled with sausage, cheese, and cranberries
  • Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes or until the knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
    A baked Christmas Breakfast Quiche
  • Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
    A slice of Christmas Breakfast Quiche on a plate

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Notes

Recipe Tips:

To make this recipe easy to whip up Christmas morning, you can do some of the prep ahead of time!
  • Cook the sausage and store it in an airtight container in the fridge.
  • Whisk the eggs and half and half ahead of time and store in the fridge.
  • Grate the cheese ahead of time.

Nutrition

Calories: 415kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 436mg | Potassium: 199mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 434IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 223mg | Iron: 1mg