Homemade McDonald's Breakfast Sandwich

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Make the BEST homemade McDonald's breakfast sandwich with crispy bacon, melted cheese, and fluffy egg. Better than the drive-thru and ready in minutes!

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Good morning! I’m presenting to you the king of savoury breakfasts - the breakfast sandwich! In particular, a HomemadeMcDonald’s Sausage McMuffin recipe! Here is my favourite go-to combination for the ultimate breakfast sandwich recipe!

This Homemade Breakfast Sandwich recipe is prepared with egg, sausage, cheddar cheese, bacon and English muffins. The inspiration for this homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin recipe came from my favourite breakfast sandwich combination of all time. I discuss this more in my Making Cooking Fun!!free motivational guide - my top 5 tips to explore your potential in the kitchen. Going out to eat can inspire you to get creative in the kitchen! Whether I’m having a breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s, Starbucks, Tim Horton’s, or even Farm Boy (a Canadian grocery store), it’s always a good start to my day! However, to save some money and to enjoy the freshness of your own breakfast, I definitely recommend you try out this homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin recipe! If taking this fast-food favourite to your kitchen has been on your bucket list, check it off as part of your Live to Cook one-month challenge! Get my free guides by signing up to my newsletter and be sure to tag your homemade sausage McMuffins on Instagram @cooking.with.anadi so I can share your awesome creations!

This Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin recipe will tell you which egg ring I recommend for the egg and how to cook the sausage patties and how to assemble, store and reheat your breakfast sandwiches. These freezer-friendly breakfast sandwich recipes will have two sausage variations: the first breakfast sandwich recipe will feature my Mild Italian Turkey Sausageand my second one will use my Pork & Bacon Breakfast Sausages. Of course, you can substitute with mySpicy Calabrian Turkey Sausage if desired in your homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin.

To learn how to make English muffins you may refer to the resource that I always refer to The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread by Peter Reinhart.

To get all the details of how to make each of the homemade McDonald’s McMuffins and the McDonald’s sausage patty recipe, be sure to watch the videos! I’d appreciate it if you subscribe to my YouTube cooking channel, Cooking with Anadi, if you’re not already so you get all the notifications for when my video recipes go live! I love to share the videos with the written recipes so you get the complete picture and a tangible view of what’s going on to go hand-in-hand with the written recipes! Let’s get cooking!

Three homemade breakfast sandwiches on a wooden board with English muffins, sausage patties, cheese, and egg.

Why Make This Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin Recipe

This egg and sausage McMuffin recipe is a perfect breakfast option for so many reasons! Here are the reasons why I love this breakfast sandwich recipe:

Savoury: I’m usually a savoury kind of guy for breakfast. In this homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin recipe, you’ll see how the sausage, egg, bacon and cheese work together to create the ultimate savoury combo.
Easy to make: This homemade McDonald’s sausage McMuffin recipe is so easy to cook and assemble, perfect for when you’re in a pinch but want to be satisfied!
Portable: You could even take these McDonald’s McMuffins for when you’re on the go! You can meal prep to save you time and have it as a grab-and-go breakfast when you don’t have the time to cook. No excuses for not eating a good breakfast!

Three homemade sausage McMuffin sandwiches on a wooden serving board, displaying bacon, egg, and cheese fillings.

Equipment for Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin

Bread knife
Mixing bowl
Spatula
Non-stick pan
Tongs
Fish spatula
Pastry brush
Bench scraper
Silicone egg ring or stainless steel egg ring(read my thoughts on both below!)

Stainless Steel vs Silicone Egg Rings for Egg and Sausage McMuffin

If I had to pick one, I would go with the stainless steel rings for breakfast sandwiches. The reason I pick those are they are sturdier and harder, it's steel. Similar to other silicone based utensils, they have a tendency of wearing out where bits of silicone eventually starts to come out. Both options are great though and will last you a long time, they can even withstand pretty high temperatures, so no worries for you egg related needs.

Having stainless steel appliances also gives that feeling of a professional kitchen which is not a bad perk. Plus, because the stainless steel ring is much taller, you can use it to serve and shape a variety of salads, sides and even desserts,

Ingredients for Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin

This breakfast sandwich recipe will show you how to make 2 egg and sausage McMuffins. Feel free to scale the ingredients, depending on how many mouths you’re feeding or if you’re meal prepping! For this recipe, you’ll need:

English muffins, sliced in half
Large eggs
Sausage patties
Bacon
Slices of cheddar cheese (I love the singles slices!)
Butter

How to Make a Sausage McMuffin

How to Make McDonald’s Sausage Recipe

To make patties for breakfast sandwiches, prepare and divide theMild Turkey/Chicken Sausage recipe into four 1.5 ounce portions for four sandwiches. Freeze any extra portions.
Take one portion and roll it into a ball with your hands. Then, gently pat it down until you have a round disc. If the sausage is sticking, you apply some oil or water on your hands to help shape the patties.

Raw sausage patty with diced red peppers in a metal bowl, ready for cooking.

Hand holding a formed homemade sausage patty with visible seasonings and spices over a metal bowl.

Cooking the Bacon, Sausage and Eggs

If using a pre-made sausage, cut the sausage casing with a knife, and pat down sausage into a 1/4 inch thick patty (about 1 1/2 ounces in weight).

Heat a pan on medium heat and cook bacon until crisp.

Bacon and sausage patty cooking in a dark skillet with tongs holding the sausage.

Two strips of crispy bacon on a white paper towel after cooking.

In the same pan, add the sausage patty and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side until lightly browned on each side.

Two sausage patties cooking in a dark skillet, lightly browned on both sides.

Two sausage patties cooking in a dark skillet with oil, lightly browned on both sides.

To cook the eggs, we’ll use a silicone ring or a cookie cutter to help shape the eggs into the size of the English muffins as they cook. Coat the silicone ring/cookie cutter with cooking spray or butter.

Heat a pan on medium low and place ring/cookie cutter on pan. Add butter in the silicone ring/cookie cutter. When the butter melts, add in your eggs. Whisk the eggs and season with salt and pepper. Cover the pan, lower heat to low and gently cook. To save time, you can prepare the eggs in a separate pan and sausage and bacon in another pan at the same time.

Melted butter in an orange silicone ring placed in a pan, with beaten eggs being poured in to cook.

Egg cooking in orange silicone ring on dark non-stick pan with melted butter.

Egg cooking in orange silicone ring on nonstick pan with melted butter, seasoned with black pepper.

Scrambled eggs cooking in an orange silicone ring on a skillet, being stirred with a fork.

While the eggs, sausage and bacon are cooking, toast the English muffins. Once the eggs are cooked, carefully lift the cookie cutter with tongs and start assembling the sandwich.

Round egg cooked in ring mold, toasted English muffin halves, and sausage patty in skillet during assembly.

Black skillet with round egg cooked in ring mold, toasted English muffin halves, ready for assembly.

Assembling the Sandwich

Add the cheese over the eggs, followed by the sausage and bacon.

Hands placing a slice of orange cheddar cheese on a fried egg on toasted bread in a skillet.

Hands assembling a breakfast sandwich with a cooked sausage patty and melted orange cheese on an English muffin.

Serve hot and enjoy!

Homemade breakfast sandwich on English muffin with sausage patty, egg, and cheese stacked in a skillet.

Pork & Bacon Sausage Breakfast Sandwich Variation

Prepare the Patty

Finely dice the bacon and add to a cold pan. Turn the heat to medium and let the fat start to render. Cook the bacon until most of the fat has been rendered and the bacon has started to become crispy.

Diced bacon and onions cooking in a stainless steel pan over medium heat.

Diced bacon and pink diced onions cooking in oil in a gray pan, being stirred with a white spatula.

Add garlic and onions and stir well. Continue cooking until the onions have softened and the bacon has become crispy. Set the pan aside and let the mixture cool down.

Diced bacon and pink onions cooking in a gray skillet on stovetop, partially rendered.

Diced bacon and pink onions cooking in a skillet with rendered fat and seasonings.

In a large bowl, add the meat, egg, onion-bacon mixture, parsley, salt and pepper. Mix well until combined and then divide into 3.5 ounce portions and pat down lightly to form patties.

Raw sausage meat mixture with bacon, onions, and fresh parsley in a glass bowl.

Raw sausage meat mixture with bacon, onions, parsley, and seasonings combined in a glass bowl.

Homemade sausage patty on parchment paper, lightly browned on white paper squares on counter.

Hands shaping homemade sausage patties on parchment paper placed on a kitchen counter.

For the Breakfast Sandwich

In a pan, add the sausage patty and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side until lightly browned on each side. Once you flip the sausage to cook the other side, add a slice of cheese. Let that melt while the sausage continues to cook.

Melted butter pooling inside a silicone ring in a stainless steel pan on medium-low heat.

Cooking sausage patties in a pan with oil, using parchment paper to flip one patty.

Sausage patty cooking in a skillet, being flipped with a spatula, topped with green onions and seasonings.

Two cooked sausage patties with melted yellow cheese in a nonstick skillet.

To cook the eggs, we’ll use a silicone or stainless steel ring to help shape the eggs into round disks for the sandwich. Coat the silicone ring/cookie cutter with cooking spray or butter.

Heat a pan on medium low and place the silicone/stainless steel ring on the pan and add butter in the middle. When the butter melts, crack the egg inside the ring and season with salt and pepper. Once the whites are mostly cooked, break the yolk and stir with the whites.

Silicone and stainless steel egg rings in a skillet with melting butter, ready to cook round eggs for a breakfast sandwich.

Hand cracking an egg into a blue silicone ring on a buttered skillet to cook a round egg patty.

Cracking an egg into a metal ring mold on a buttered pan to shape the egg into a round disk.

Two eggs cooking in silicone rings on a skillet with melted butter.

While the eggs finish cooking, warm up the English muffins.

Toasted English muffin held in hand, showing the soft, pillowy interior texture.

Once the eggs are cooked, remove the ring and flip if necessary to finish cooking them.

Fried egg cooking in a ring mold on a skillet, with a hand holding a metal ring above it.

Two fried eggs cooking in a skillet with a spatula lifting one egg to check doneness.

Starting from the bottom bun, place egg, sausage and the top bun to assemble the sandwich.

Two assembled homemade breakfast sandwiches on a wooden board with melted cheese and egg on English muffins.

Two assembled homemade breakfast sandwiches with English muffins, egg patties, melted cheese, and sausage on a wooden board.

Enjoy warm!

Two homemade breakfast sandwiches with sausage patties, melted cheese, and egg on toasted English muffins, held in hands.

Tips for Delicious Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches

Make sure to grease the stainless steel or silicone rings well to ensure the egg does not stick.
If freezing sausage to prepare ahead, cut out parchment paper squares and form 2-3 ounce patties over them. Cover with a square and continue preparing. These can then be wrapped in tightly plastic wrap and frozen until later.
Add the cheese after flipping the patties and lower to heat to allow it to melt as the sausage finishes cooking.
For make-ahead sandwiches, prepare the sandwich as instructed, tightly wrap in parchment and then freeze using freezer bags. You can let the sandwich defrost overnight for the next morning or carefully microwave to get them ready!

Other Breakfast Sandwich Add-Ins

The above recipes show the basics to make an incredible Freeze-Friendly Breakfast Sandwich. However, you can add some more ingredients inside your sandwiches if you’d like! Here are some other ideas:

Tomatoes, sliced
Avocados, sliced
Jalapeños
Sriracha
Mayonnaise
Fresh Guacamole or Chunky Mango Guacamole
Authentic Pico de Gallo

How to Freeze This Homemade Breakfast Sandwich▼

To freeze this breakfast sandwich for a grab-and-go breakfast on a busy day, simply assemble the sandwiches as described. Then, wrap each sandwich individually in plastic wrap or parchment paper and store in a freezer safe Ziploc bag. I would recommend you keep them in the freezer for at most one month.

How to Reheat Frozen Breakfast Sandwiches▼

Reheating these sandwiches is easy! Remove the sandwich from the plastic wrap. Then, wrap the sandwich in a paper towel. Microwave for about 60-90 seconds, until fully warmed through and the cheese is molten. You could also heat these sandwiches in the oven at 350 F for about a minute, until you start to see the cheese melt.

Hands holding a homemade breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese on an English muffin.

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Recipe by Anadi Misra

The BEST Homemade McDonald’s Breakfast Sandwich Recipe

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5 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Total

sandwiches

medium

Level

Ingredients

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Mild Turkey/Chicken Sausage recipe (yields 4 x 1½ oz patties; use half the recipe) · make your own
bacon strips
large eggs
English muffins
cheddar(sliced in half)
(19 g) butter

Instructions

To prepare the sausage patty

1
To make patties for breakfast sandwiches, prepare and divide the Mild Turkey/Chicken Sausage recipe into four 1.5 oz portions for four sandwiches. Freeze any extra portions.
To make patties for breakfast sandwiches, prepare and divide the Mild Turkey/Chicken Sausage recipe into four 1.5 oz portions for four sandwiches. Freeze any extra portions.
2
Take one portion and roll it into a ball with your hands. Then, gently pat it down until you have a round disc. If the sausage is sticking, you apply some oil or water on your hands to help shape the patties.
Take one portion and roll it into a ball with your hands. Then, gently pat it down until you have a round disc. If the sausage is sticking, you apply some oil or water on your hands to help shape the patties.

Cooking the bacon, sausage and eggs

1
Place bacon on a cold pan and heat on medium heat. Cook bacon until crispy, turning every 2-3 minutes. In the same pan, add the sausage patty and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side until lightly browned on each side.
Place bacon on a cold pan and heat on medium heat. Cook bacon until crispy, turning every 2-3 minutes. In the same pan, add the sausage patty and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side until lightly browned on each side.
2
To cook the eggs, we’ll use a silicone ring or a cookie cutter to help shape the eggs into the size of the English muffins as they cook. Coat the silicone ring/cookie cutter with cooking spray or butter.
To cook the eggs, we’ll use a silicone ring or a cookie cutter to help shape the eggs into the size of the English muffins as they cook. Coat the silicone ring/cookie cutter with cooking spray or butter.
3
Heat a pan on medium low and place silicone egg ring on pan and add butter in the silicone ring/cookie cutter.
Heat a pan on medium low and place silicone egg ring on pan and add butter in the silicone ring/cookie cutter.
4
When the butter melts, Add one large egg and season with salt and pepper. Once the whites are mostly cooked, break the yolk and stir with the whites.
When the butter melts, Add one large egg and season with salt and pepper. Once the whites are mostly cooked, break the yolk and stir with the whites.
5
While the eggs finish cooking, warm up the english muffins. Once eggs are cooked, or are able to hold the round silicone shape, remove ring and flip to finish cooking.
While the eggs finish cooking, warm up the english muffins. Once eggs are cooked, or are able to hold the round silicone shape, remove ring and flip to finish cooking.
6
Starting from the bottom bun, place egg, cheese, sausage, bacon and top bun to assemble the sandwich. Warm for a few minutes on the pan or wrap up in parchment paper for storage or reheating later! Enjoy.
Starting from the bottom bun, place egg, cheese, sausage, bacon and top bun to assemble the sandwich. Warm for a few minutes on the pan or wrap up in parchment paper for storage or reheating later! Enjoy.

Notes

•If using a pre-made sausage, cut the sausage casing with a knife, and pat down sausage into a 1/4 inch thick patty (about 1 1/2 ounces in weight).
•Break the cheese to fit snugly on the bread to make sure it doesn't slip off the breakfast sandwich.

Nutrition per serving

745

Calories

44g

Protein

48g

Carbs

41g

Fat

Fiber

Sugar

1132mg

Sodium

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Why Make This Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin Recipe

Equipment for Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin

Stainless Steel vs Silicone Egg Rings for Egg and Sausage McMuffin

Ingredients for Homemade McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin