Sausage, & Cheese 'N' Egg Casserole

My goodness here we are Christmas Eve. I have a few things to share with you. One is a recipe for a breakfast casserole you make the night before and bake the next day. This is from a Southern Living Cooking School booklet.

Sausage, Cheese 'N' Egg Casserole

1 pound pork sausage
1 ( 2.64-Ounce) package McCormick Original Country Gravy Mix
3 cups milk
4 large eggs
12 white sandwich bread slices
2 cups ( 8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped green onions

Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain well. Set aside.

Whisk together gravy mix, milk, and eggs.
Cut crusts from bread slices, if desired.
Place 6 slices in bottom of a lightly greased 13x9 inch baking dish.
Sprinkle evenly wit 1 cup cheese, sausage, and green onions.
Top with remaining 6 bread slices.
Pour gravy mixture evenly over casserole.

Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight.

Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until set; sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese, and bake 5 more minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Makes 8 servings.

This makes a great Christmas morning breakfast.

I baked this week for our open house on Monday. Well the start of my baking did not start so well. I whizzed through the grocery store Saturday night buying stuff for baking. I hate to grocery shop. Well my first item was a pound cake. You know the kind with 2 sticks of butter, 5 eggs lots of mixing. I' m dumping my sugar and blending with the butter, then I add all those eggs. Next I mix my flour and baking powder before mixing with my butter mixture. This pound cake is looking good. I pour it into my pan and place it in the oven. Well I started smelling something. I peeked into the oven and here I have Mount Vesuvius instead of a lovely pound cake. The first thing I look at is to see what kind of flour I used. Guess what? I shopped too fast and bought self-rising flour. So the self-rising did not need my added baking powder. Well I cleaned my mess and decided I would start again after I closed the store. My brother said it was because I was not doing any baking anymore. You know if you don't use it you lose it. Well the next cake turned out. I t was good enough that he was gonna let me bake him a cake to take to my other brothers for Christmas. I did not get to bake that cake because he had to leave early because his mother-in-law was air lifted to the hospital yesterday. She had a heart attack. There was 100 percent blockage, so they put in a stint. She is in ICU right now but hopefully will be moved to a room today or tomorrow.

The next thing to share with you is a poem by Sandie Cuppett.

Christmas comes but once a year,
Filling us with joyous cheer.
We celebrate our Savior's birth
Giving gifts while filled with mirth.

Now let us not forget the reason
We give and get gifts this season
The greatest gift, so meek and mild,
God's only Son, the humble Christ Child.

He came and lived to show us how
To live forever, not just now.
God's gift to us He still remains.
From Child to King, He forever reigns.

Geneva, Prissy, and I wish you all a Blessed Merry Christmas!