Strata

By: Stephanie Salinas-Byrd, Lovebyrds Seasonings

A bread and egg casserole. Can be made savory or sweet.

This is a 2-day recipe, so plan ahead.

Ingredients:

·       1 loaf stale bread, any kind will do as long as it’s stale and dry

·       8-10 eggs

·       1+ cup milk

·       Small loaf of bread will feed 6-8. The more bread you add, add more egg/milk mixture.

Savory:

·       Bagels, sourdough, mix of breads, rye, pumpernickel, rosemary, etc

·       Add shredded or cubed cheese of choice

·       Add cooked meat of your choice: bacon crumbles, sausage crumbles, ham cubes etc

Sweet:

·       Plain or cinnamon bagels, cinnamon swirl bread, sourdough, etc

·       My personal favorite is cherry or apple pie filling. It can be canned or homemade.

·       Make it into a cinnamon roll with sweet cream, cinnamon and sugar mixed into the egg mixture.

Instructions:

·       Pre-heat smoker or oven to 350 degrees

·       Grease casserole dish

·       Cut all bread into bite size chunks, similar to croutons

·       Beat eggs and milk together

·       Put all bread into dish

·       Pour egg mixture over bread chunks

·       If you are adding anything else, stir in now

·       Cover and refrigerate overnight

·       Next day, Cook for 1 hour or until done