Kittencal's Holiday Brunch Sausage Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb bulk italian sausage meat (mild or spicy)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 large eggs, beaten
• 2 cups half-and-half cream (or use milk)
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder (can use 1 teaspoon prepared dijon mustard)
• 6 slices day-old bread (toasted in the toaster then cut into cubes)
• 8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (more to sprinkle on top after baking if desired)
• fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• salt (optional and to taste)

Recipe

• 1 grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 2 cook the sausage meat with onion in a skillet until browned; drain fat.
• 3 in a bowl whisk together the eggs with cream or milk and mustard; add in the cooked sausage meat, toasted bread cubes and shredded cheese, toss until combined.
• 4 season the mixture with fresh ground black pepper and salt to taste.
• 5 transfer to prepared baking pan.
• 6 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
• 7 set oven to 350 degrees f (oven rack set to lowest position).
• 8 remove plastic wrap and cover the dish with foil.
• 9 bake (350 degrees f) for 1 hour.
• 10 reduce to 325 degrees f uncover and continue to bake for another 30 minutes or until set.
• 11 if desired sprinkle a small amount of shredded cheese over the top after baking (this is only optional).