Breakfast Casserole

MaryMc's Note:

This recipe is from Southern Living Magazine but tweaked a bit by me. It's great for an early-morning breakfast or brunch for a crowd, because you can do most of the work ahead of time and just throw it in the oven the morning you want to serve it.

• Total Time: 9 hrs 55 mins
• Prep Time: 9 hrs
• Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 lb pork sausage or 2 cups cubed cooked ham
• 6 cups cubed bread (French bread or a chewy, rustic white bread is good)
• ¼ lb medium cheddar , shredded
• ¼ lb swiss cheese , shredded
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon pepper
• ¾ teaspoon dry mustard
• ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

1. Cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain well.
2. Place bread cubes in a lightly greased 9" X 13" baking pan.
3. Sprinkle bread evenly with cheese, and top with sausage (or ham).
4. Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, dry mustard and Worcestershire sauce and pour evenly over sausage mixture.
5. Cover and chill casserole for 8 hours (may be frozen at this point, and thawed before cooking).
6. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes, or until set.
8. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[Jayne66]

I made this recipe in advance and froze it like you sugested.It turned out great. The recipe held up to the freezing and thawing with out affecting the quality . A make ahead recipe like this is an easy way to cut down on your time in the kitchen when you're having friends for the weekend. We all loved it. I added finely chopped garlic and onion to the sausage while it was cooking.they added a nice touch. Thanks for postong this one!!! J.C.

[Krista Roes]

Very nice. I went with a whole wheat french bread and it was very tasty. Upon making again I would up the salt, pepper, dry mustard and Worcestershire. Thank you.

[CityCook]

This was really tasty! I didn't have any sausage, so I used bacon. This may have decreased it's volume, because the 9 x 13 inch pan was a bit too big and it cooked much faster. Otherwise very good! Thanks!