Santa's Breakfast Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 lb pork sausage
• 6 large eggs
• 2 cup half and half.... or milk
• 1 tsp dry mustard
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 6 oz hashbrown (shredded or southern style)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp paprika
• 3 slice french or italian bread.... stale bread is fine... cubed
• 1 small onion
• minced
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 dash cayenne pepper... if you use spicy pork sausage dont use cayenne..... CAYENNE IS OPTIONAL

Instructions

1. fry sausage with onion and bell pepper.
2. drain sausage mixture.
3. *** I put sausage in colandar and let it drain while I put the eggs, milk, and all the seasoning in a bowl and beat.
4. stir in drained sausage, hashbrowns, bread, & cheese.
5. pour mixture in lightly buttered 8x8 baking pan.
6. cover and refrigerate overnight.
7. remove from refrigerator 1 hr before baking.
8. put in a 325 oven and bake for 75 minutes, until eggs are lightly brown.
9. knife inserted in the center should come out clean.
10. cool for 10 minutes and serve.
11. **** I serve with a bundt cake pan with monkey bread....
12. **** can be served with toast and Sasha's Berry Butter on profile... let the butter get room tempature... yum