Caramel Apple Breakfast Casserole

Submitted by ElizabethKnicely

"Making breakfast for dinner once a week is a SUREFIRE way to bring your weekly meal costs and your overall grocery bill down a bit! This dish would also be great for a brunch/potluck or weekend breakfast. Just double the recipe and make it in a 9x13-inch baking dish. If you've got milk, eggs, bread, the spices and some apples id the fridge, you should totally make this. LIKE RIGHT NOW!"

 

• Ready In: 24hrs 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 casserole
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup rice milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 medium apples, peeled and diced
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 slices bread, torn
• 1⁄2 cantaloupe
• syrup (optional)
• 6 -8 sausage links or 6 -8 turkey bacon, slices

directions

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2. Peel and dice the apples. In a smaller mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Toss with diced apples.
3. In a greased 8x8-inch glass baking dish, tear 3 slices of bread and add to the bottom. Then add a layer of the diced caramel apples.
4. Tear the other 3 slices of bread and spread on top of the apples.
5. Pour egg/milk mixture into the baking dish. Cover with foil and let stand in the refrigerator for at least an hour (overnight, ideally!).
6. Preheat oven to 350°F.
7. Bake covered for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 15-20 minutes, or until eggs have cooked through.
8. Serve Caramel Apple Breakfast Casserole with fresh fruit and sausage or bacon.