Breakfast Sliders

My kids went through a breakfast sandwich phase, and these cheesy sausage breakfast sliders were on repeat for weeks. They’re so easy to make that even my eleven-year-old could assemble them at the time. Layer fluffy slider buns with cheese, sausage patties, creamy scrambled eggs, and more cheese, then bake. 

I’ve been making breakfast sliders ever since for weekend breakfasts and family brunches, and they’ve become a semi-holiday tradition on Christmas morning along with pancakes. These also make an excellent breakfast to reheat before school on a weekday!

Why I Love Making These Sausage Breakfast Sliders

• Using my favorite fully cooked breakfast sausage patties keeps the total prep time for these sliders at just 30 minutes. 
• Make them ahead of time to warm up for quick, kid-friendly breakfasts. They reheat well in the microwave.
• I brush the tops with maple butter, and I love the contrast between the sweet maple syrup and savory sausage.

Ingredients Needed

Here’s what you’ll need to make this easy 5-ingredient breakfast sliders recipe. See the recipe card for the exact amounts for each ingredient.

• Slider Rolls – Choose your favorite slider buns from the bakery aisle. My dinner rolls recipe and English muffins are great homemade options. You can also make these breakfast sandwiches with sweeter Hawaiian rolls.
• Cheese – I like Muenster or Cheddar cheese, but you can use sliced or shredded options like Havarti, Gouda, or Provolone.
• Breakfast Sausage – My favorite is the Johnsonville Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausages. They take 40 seconds to heat in the microwave, keeping the cooking time to a minimum. Alternatively, make these breakfast sliders with bacon or ham. Breakfast meatball sliders would also be delicious!
• Eggs – Pick up a dozen eggs. If you’d like, fill half the sliders with egg, and leave the other half without for variety. In this case, you’ll only need half as many eggs.
• Butter and Maple Syrup – I melt the butter and whisk it with maple syrup for brushing over the sliders before baking. You can skip the maple syrup or replace it with honey if needed.

How to Make Breakfast Sliders

Gather your ingredients, and follow the steps below to prepare your breakfast sliders. These are great to assemble the night before; just leave off the maple butter until it’s time to bake.

• Prepare the slider rolls. Use a serrated knife to separate the tops and bottoms of the slider buns. Place the bottoms in a large baking dish. Arrange half the cheese slices over the bottom buns, then add one sausage patty per slider.
• Cook the eggs. Next, crack the eggs into a bowl, whisk lightly, then scramble the eggs according to the recipe card directions, or to your liking. 

• Assemble. Spread the scrambled eggs over the sausages, then add the remaining cheese slices. Place the top slider buns on top. Meanwhile, combine melted butter with maple syrup. Drizzle the glaze all over the sliders. Before baking, cover the sliders with foil and let them sit for 10-15 minutes.
• Bake. Bake the covered breakfast sliders at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for the final 3-5 minutes to brown the tops. The cheese will melt, the sausages will be warm, and the butter and maple syrup will soak right into the buns. Enjoy!

Tips for the Best Breakfast Sliders

• Cook the sausages. If your breakfast sausages don’t come fully cooked, you’ll need to cook them according to the package directions before assembling the breakfast sliders. The same goes for bacon, baked ham, and other meats!
• Let them rest before baking. After drizzling the sliders with melty maple butter, let them sit and soak before they go into the oven. The fluffy rolls soak up all that flavor like a sponge!
• Make Hawaiian roll breakfast sliders. These turn out great with sweet Hawaiian rolls. If you find them too sweet combined with the maple butter, simply skip the maple syrup.
• Add vegetables. Caramelized onions, diced sautéed bell peppers, or cooked mushrooms make tasty veggie additions. See below for easy recipe Variations.

Variations

• Western omelette sliders: Replace the sausage with sliced ham and add peppers, either mild bell peppers or spicy sliced jalapeños.
• Mexican: Use leftover taco meat or Instant Pot carnitas and top the eggs with black beans and diced avocado for breakfast burrito-inspired sliders.
• Cured meats: Add bacon, Parma ham, or prosciutto, with Provolone cheese and fresh arugula.
• Biscuits and gravy: Swap slider rolls with air fryer biscuits and add white gravy over the sausage patties (borrow the recipe from my sausage biscuit bake).

Serving Breakfast Sliders

I like to serve a pan of freshly baked, savory breakfast sliders for brunch paired with something sweet, like coffee cake or blueberry pancakes. These banana scones are also great, and so are these cute corndog muffins!

Make-Ahead, Storage, and Reheating

• Make them ahead: Assemble the breakfast sliders up to 24 hours in advance, and store them tightly covered in the fridge until it’s time to bake. When you’re ready, bake as usual. You can also store leftover baked sliders; see below.
• Store leftovers: Keep any baked breakfast sliders covered in the fridge for up to 3 days.
• Reheat: Warm individual sliders in the microwave, or you can reheat the full pan in a 350ºF oven.

More Slider Sandwiches

• Chicken Parmesan Sliders
• Crock Pot Pulled Pork Sliders
• Cheeseburger Sliders
• Philly Cheesesteak Sliders