Caramel Apple Breakfast Casserole

Total Time: 24 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup rice milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 medium apples, peeled and diced
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 slices bread, torn
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• syrup (optional)
• 6 -8 sausage links or 6 -8 turkey bacon, slices

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, whisk eggs, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• 2 peel and dice the apples. in a smaller mixing bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. toss with diced apples.
• 3 in a greased 8x8-inch glass baking dish, tear 3 slices of bread and add to the bottom. then add a layer of the diced caramel apples.
• 4 tear the other 3 slices of bread and spread on top of the apples.
• 5 pour egg/milk mixture into the baking dish. cover with foil and let stand in the refrigerator for at least an hour (overnight, ideally!).
• 6 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 7 bake covered for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 15-20 minutes, or until eggs have cooked through.
• 8 serve caramel apple breakfast casserole with fresh fruit and sausage or bacon.