Cheesy Baked Eggs
Cheesy Baked Eggs that are breakfast made with simple ingredients. Eggs, cottage cheese, and Pepperjack cheese which gives them a little kick. Everyone asks for this casserole recipe when I make these baked eggs. This is a great side to this Blueberry Croissant Puff, these French Toast Roll-Ups, or this Bananas Foster French Toast.
CHEESY BAKED EGGS
(originally posted 2018)
We just got back from our cruise and I’m feeling the jiggle if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, the food was just meh. Not the worst food I’ve ever eaten but not the best either.
When your cooking for 8,000 people I know I can’t expect it to be top notch but I think they error on the side of bland to accommodate more palettes. We ate more eggs on our cruise than anything else because how can you screw up a fresh omelette or fried eggs? They had the fake scrambled egg thingy at the buffet which wasn’t doing it for any of us.
EGGS
No joke we eat so many eggs at our house. Boiled Eggs, Deviled, Egg Omelets, Eggs in Cookies…what???? (that totally counts)
When I have company over I don’t like slaving over a skillet as people trickle downstairs. These Cheesy Baked Eggs are the perfect breakfast recipe.
WHAT ARE BAKED EGGS
The ingredients are simple: Eggs, cottage cheese, a little flour, salt, and Pepperjack Cheese. The cottage cheese completely disappears in these baked eggs. Trust me! Because I’m not a cottage cheese fan when it’s plain.
The great thing about these Cheesy Baked Eggs is that you can totally half it in an 8×8 or 9×9 inch pan.
BAKED EGGS RECIPE
The first time I made these Cheesy Baked Eggs my husband ate them for lunch and dinner. Me like protein.
One time I left the pan of Cheesy Baked Eggs cooling on the counter when we were headed out for a date. My babysitter texted me, “What is that in the pan on the counter?”
“Why? Did you have some?” “You totally can have some, ” I said.
“Oh yes,” she said. “It was delicious. Can I get the recipe? My boys would love it.”
HOW TO MAKE BAKED EGGS
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and brush a 9×13 baking pan with melted butter.
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Whisk together the eggs, pepperjack cheese (or any other cheese you like), cottage cheese, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
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Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are completely set about 50-60 minutes. Start checking it around 45 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, or onions if desired.
OTHER EGG RECIPES
- Confetti Bacon and Hash Brown Casserole
- Martha’s Breakfast Casserole
- Deviled Egg Spread
- Cheesy Overnight Bacon and Egg Casserole
- Bacon, Asparagus Frittata
- Bacon, Egg, and Potato Skillet
- Overnight Ham and Cheese Enchiladas
- How to Boil an Egg
- Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Cheesy Baked Eggs
Cheesy Baked Eggs that are breakfast made with simple ingredients. Eggs, cottage cheese, and Pepperjack cheese which gives them a little kick. Everyone asks for this casserole recipe when I make these baked eggs
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 12 eggs, beaten
- 1 lb (16 ounces) shredded Pepperjack cheese (other types of cheese can be used)
- 1 (16 ounce) container cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and brush a 9x13 baking pan with the melted butter.
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Whisk together the eggs, pepperjack cheese, cottage cheese, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
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Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are completely set about 50-60 minutes. Start checking it around 45 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes, or onions if desired.
Recipe Notes
This recipe can be halved in a 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish. Baking time will be less, around 30-40 minutes.
Source: Allrecipes
Modified as I didn’t have Pepperjack and instead added 1.5 cups gruyere and 0.5 cups sharp cheddar. Added one can diced mild green chiles and 5 green onions and 1 heaping teaspoon Dijon mustard. Also about 3/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper. Baked for 52 minutes. It was perfection! Never thought to add cottage cheese before – great recipe!
Wow…
The “Girl Who Ate Everything” (Miss Christy) Is A Fox.
And…She Likes To Cook! She’s Every Guy’s Dream Girl.
I Made This Dish Miss Christy…And It Was Great!
Thank You For The Recipe.
Was going to try using a muffin tin for individual servings. Think that would work?
I discovered I had a lot more eggs than I thought, so I was looking for a recipe that used quite a few of them, and found this.
It looked tasty, so I gave it a go – omitting the cottage cheese partly because I don’t have any in stock and partly because I intensely dislike cottage cheese.
As you said in response to somebody else’s question, leaving that ingredient out did probably affect the texture – I’m guessing what I made was firmer than intended, but that’s fine by me.
I was only going to eat half of it, but it was so tasty I ended up eating three quarters of it in one meal, leaving the remaining quarter for my three dogs, who also enjoyed it.
Thanks Christy for a great and easy recipe!
You’re welcome. Yes, definitely a totally different texture without cottage cheese.
Can ricotta chese be used instead of cottage cheese?
Yep. It will change the flavor a bit though.
Whoa! You totally confused me when I pulled this recipe up from Pinterest (to make for the 100th time ) and I saw that it was dated 8.20.20! I was like – wait, I could have sworn this was the recipe!!! Lol. Good laugh at 5:42 am!!
Haha sorry. Yes. I pulled it to the front.
We just happened to buy too many eggs (me-12 pk, him 18!). This sounds like it would be great to use some up. Would it hold up if I freeze individual pieces? Thank you!
YEs! Freezes great!
I just made this tonight to take to work for breakfast this week. I used a combo of pepper jack and Mexican blend cheese and also added some bacon. It’s absolutely delicious!!!
So happy to hear that!
Could I use almond flour to keep it keto?
I would do that or just leave it out.
Excellent recipe, made it this morning for the first time, definitely not last. And let me attribute to the discussion: consider cutting down drastically on amount of salt (cottage cheese already got a lot of it), and if your hard cheese is of a spicy/aged variety, do yourself a favor and skip salt completely. I used only 5oz asiago cheese (for halved recipe), and with only 0.25 tsp salt eggs were definitely way too salty.
Good but next time I will add sausage and peppers and mushrooms. Lots of cheese- tastes nice and buttery!
Those would all be great.
Hello! I have a 7.5 x 10.5 inch baking dish. Do you think the egg will still cook through fine or should I reduce the ingredients?
You might just need to add some baking time. Probably about 10 minutes.
Do you know what can be substituted for the all purpose flour?
You can leave it out! Many people have.
I am so happy I found this recipe! I make this dish at least once a month, or more. My mother-in-law calls me a lot and begs me to make this for her. I remove the salt, and add artichoke hearts and fresh spinach. Served with salsa, spectacular!!!
Sounds delicious!