Breakfast Casserole

This is a great recipe for a brunch or when you are serving a large crowd.  You make it the night before, so it makes the morning that much easier!  Serve with some orange juice, fresh fruit and toast.

Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients:

24 slices of white bread

8 eggs

1 pound sausage or bacon

4 green onions

2 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese

1 cup milk

salt, pepper, butter

Directions:

The night before:

1. Prepare your casserole dish (9×13) with butter.
2. Cook your meat and drain away any fat.  If you are making it with bacon, crumble the bacon.
3. Trim the crusts off your bread.
4. Layer bread in the bottom of your casserole dish (create 1 layer, saving the remaining bread for additional layers)
5. In a mixing bowl, slightly beat eggs, salt, pepper and milk until well combined.
6. Pour egg mixture over your layer of bread.
7. Sprinkle 1/3 of the meat over the egg layer
8. Sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese over the meat
9. Create another layer of bread and repeat the layering of eggs, meat cheese, bread.
10. After all the layers have been completed (you should have ended with a cheese layer) sprinkle green onions over the top.
11. Cover with foil lightly (it doesn’t need to be a tight fit as you don’t want the cheese to melt and get stuck to the foil).
12. Bake for 45 minutes.
13. Remove the foil.
14. Bake for an additional 15 minutes or until the center is fully cooked (you don’t want raw eggs).
15. Remove from the oven and let rest for at least 15 minutes before cutting into squares.
16. Serves about 8 as a main dish.