Next-day Brunch Casserole Bake

Total Time: 25 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 slices bread, crusts removed
• 11 tablespoons butter, softened and divided
• 1/2 lb fresh mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
• 2 cups thinly sliced onions
• salt (to taste, i use seasoned salt)
• coarse black pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs mild italian sausage
• 1 lb cheddar cheese, grated, divided
• 5 eggs
• 3 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 2 1/2 cups milk or 2 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1/2-1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 butter bread with about 3 tablespoons soft butter (can use more).
• 2 in a 10-12-inch skillet, melt 1/2 cup butter and brown mushrooms and onions, add salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
• 3 in the same skillet, cook the sausage, cut into small bite-size pieces.
• 4 grease an 11 x 17" casserole dish.
• 5 layer one half of the bread slices in the bottom, then top with the mushroom mixture, sausage, then half of the cheese.
• 6 cover the sausage mixture with the remaining bread slices.
• 7 pour the egg/cream mixture over the bread slices.
• 8 top with remaining grated cheddar cheese (or you may sprinkle on the last 3 minutes of baking time if desired).
• 9 cover and chill in the refrigerator, overnight.
• 10 the following morning/day, set oven to 350 degrees f.
• 11 bake for 1 hour or until bubbly.
• 12 serve immediately.