Greg's Uncle Reese and Aunt Louise are from Tulsa, but they currently live in Georgia. Before we had the girls, they and their kids would come stay with us for a week as they visited with family for the Thanksgiving holiday. We loved that week! Now that we have two kids of our own, and another on the way, we have filled all of our extra rooms with pink and purple so we no longer have a bed to offer them. We have tried to give up our bedroom, but they are not taking us up on that offer ... yet!
Everytime they would stay with us, Aunt Louise would make her famous Breakfast Casserole. It's amazing, and one year she shared the secret recipe with me. I felt so honored. Ok, so she would have shared it with anyone, but I was still pumped! So, here it is...
Aunt Louise's Breakfast Casserole
Ingredients:
- 6 slices of bread
- 1 lb of sausage (Jimmy Dean Sage, or any you choose)
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups grated cheese (more or less - whatever you prefer)
- 6 eggs
- 2 cu half & half (1 pint carton)
- 1 tsp salt
- Tabasco - optional - a few drops
- Worcestershire sauce - optional - a few shakes
Preparation:
- Brown sausage
- Butter bread on both sides and place in a 9x13 baking dish
- Spoon sausage over bread
- Sprinkle cheese over sausage
- Beat remaining ingredients and pour over casserole
- Cover and refrigerate overnight
- Remove from refrigerator and let stand 1 hour
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
- Enjoy!
Side Note: My household is impatient when we know that this is on the menu so we skip the overnight part and just bake it right after it's made. It's fantastic. We also cut this in half and make one half one week and the other half the following week. You can also take steps to make this recipe a little healthier (I'm a huge fan of healthy eating), but why mess with perfection?!
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