Servings
Font
Back
5.0 from 87 votes

Christmas Breakfast Quiche

This Christmas Quiche is filled with sausage, cranberries, and cheese. It makes a perfect Christmas morning breakfast or brunch.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 415 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French

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

    Cup of Yum
  1. 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.
  2. Brown sausage in a large skillet and drain excess grease. Stir in dried cranberries.
  3. Whisk eggs and half-and-half in a medium bowl until well blended.
  4. Sprinkle cheese on the bottom of the pie shell. Add sausage and cranberries.
  5. Pour egg mixture into pie shell over sausage, cranberries, and cheese.
  6. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes or until the knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  7. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • 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 Information

Calories 415kcal (21%) Carbohydrates 25g (8%) Protein 14g (28%) Fat 29g (45%) Saturated Fat 13g (65%) Cholesterol 117mg (39%) Sodium 436mg (18%) Potassium 199mg (6%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 8g (16%) Vitamin A 434IU (9%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 223mg (22%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 415

% Daily Value*

Calories 415kcal 21%
Carbohydrates 25g 8%
Protein 14g 28%
Fat 29g 45%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Cholesterol 117mg 39%
Sodium 436mg 18%
Potassium 199mg 4%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 8g 16%
Vitamin A 434IU 9%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 223mg 22%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.