Holiday Breakfast Casseroles & Crunchy Coated Bacon!

Ingredients

GLAZE
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey, maple syrup or corn syrup (I used Mrs. Butter-Worth’s Syrup)
BREAD
• French or Italian bread sliced 1/2" thick, enough to cover the bottom of a 9?"x 13" pan (I used a loaf of rustic french bread)
CUSTARD
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 5 large eggs, or 1 1/4 cups egg substitute
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
TOPPING
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Lightly grease a 9-inch x 13-inch pan or shallow 2-quart casserole.
2. To make the glaze: Melt the butter in a saucepan, and stir in the brown sugar and syrup. Bring the mixture to a simmer, cooking until the sugar melts.Pour the glaze into the prepared pan, spreading it to the corners.
3. Lay the slices of bread in the pan, atop the glaze.
4. To make the custard, whisk together the cream,eggs or egg substitute, vanilla, and salt. Pour over the bread in the pan, pressing the bread down into the custard.
5. Cover the pan, and refrigerate overnight, or for up to 24 hours.
6. When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350°F.
7. Make the topping by stirring together the brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Sprinkle it evenly over the bread.
8. Bake the French toast for 40 to 45 minutes, until it’s bubbly and the top is very lightly browned.
9. Remove it from the oven, and allow it to cool for 10 to 15 minutes before serving. Serve individual slices of bread, turning it over on the plate so the syrupy bottom is on top.

Notes

Ingredients

• 1 pound Bob Evans Original Recipe Sausage Roll
• 2-½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese (I used a mix of cheeses, mozzarella, cheddar, colby)
• 1 (8 oz) can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven to 425
2. Crumble and cook sausage in skillet over medium heat until browned. Drain.
3. Line bottom of greased 9?x13? baking dish with crescent roll dough, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
4. Sprinkle with sausage and cheese.
5. Whisk, eggs, milk, salt and pepper in bowl until blended and pour over sausage.
6. Bake 15 mins. or until set.
7. Let stand 5 mins. before cutting and serving
8. Refrigerate leftovers

Ingredients

• 1 pound thick cut bacon
• 1-1/2 cups flour

Instructions

1. Line a large cookie sheet with edge with parchment paper or tin foil
2. preheat oven to 350°
3. coat thick sliced bacon in flour
4. lay on cookie sheet (do not overlap)
5. bake for 30 mins.
6. *Be very careful removing the pan from the oven.