Chipotle Cheese Egg Sausage Casserole

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My husband loves sausage and chipotle cheese! I was going through my freezer and came across a frozen block of chipotle cheese from Amish Country, which lead me to review my Amish cookbook. I stumbled across a recipe for sausage egg casserole and tried to lighten it up for this Sunday morning’s brunch.

Yields 4 servings

Ingredients:
1/4 lb sausage ((browned up) and blotted to remove extra grease)
1/2 cup egg substitute
1 TB Chives chopped
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup skim milk
1/2 dry mustard
2 1/2 slices of light whole wheat bread heels
4 oz shredded chipotle cheese or reduced fat cheddar
Fresh cracked Pepper to taste
1/4 tsp Ruth Ann’s Muskego Ave Chicken and dish seasoning (penzeys)

Preheat oven to 350

Season meat with Ruth Ann’s seasoning and brown sausage on medium heat in a nonstick pan.

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Remove from heat and blot with paper towel to remove excess grease.

Set aside.

In a medium bowl mix with whisk milk, egg substitute, chives, salt, pepper, & mustard.

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Set aside.

Toast heals of bread.

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I don’t like to waste food so I always freeze my heels of the bread and save for bread crumbs, croutons or casseroles.

Cut bread into 1 inch cubes.

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Add bread cubes into milk mix.

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Add cheese and sausage and coat with milk.

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Place in cooking sprayed bread dish.

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Bake for 45 minutes.

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Let cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes before serving.

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