About
The Bread Bite Breakfast Bake is loaded with toasted bread cubes. Crusty bread just adds something to mornings, doesn't it? That's certainly true here, where it's baked into a creamy, fluffy egg casserole with garden-fresh spinach and beefy mushrooms. Melted Swiss cheese and a touch of tangy Dijon bring out the most of each bite. Bread Bite Breakfast Bake is a bread-lovers dream!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf baguette, day-old, crust removed, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 (8-ounce) container mushrooms, sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme or rosemary, chopped
- 3 cups fresh spinach, packed
- 2 cups Swiss cheese, grated
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 -On a baking sheet, add the bread cubes, spreading them out evenly.
Step 3 -Bake the bread cubes until they are golden-brown and toasted, about 10 minutes.
Step 4 -Transfer the bread cubes from the oven and set them aside.
Step 5 -In a large sauté pan over medium heat, melt the butter.
Step 6 -Add the onions, the mushrooms, and the thyme and cook, while stirring, until the onions and mushrooms have softened, about 7 minutes.
Step 7 -Add the spinach to the onion mixture and cook, while stirring, until it is wilted and cooked down, about 5 minutes.
Step 8 -Transfer the pan from the heat and allow the onion mixture to cool.
Step 9 -In a 9-inch casserole dish, add as many of the toasted bread cubes as needed to fill the dish. If there are extra bread cubes, reserve them for another use.
Step 10 -Transfer the bread cubes from the casserole dish to a mixing bowl.
Step 11 -Add the onion mixture and the Swiss cheese to the bread cubes and toss to combine.
Step 12 -Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
Step 13 -In a blender, add the eggs, the milk, the heavy cream, the salt, the black pepper, the mustard, and the nutmeg.
Step 14 -Cover the blender and blend the egg mixture until combined, about 10 seconds.
Step 15 -Line the casserole dish with parchment paper or coat it with cooking spray.
Step 16 -Add the bread cube mixture to the prepared casserole dish, spreading it out evenly.
Step 17 -Pour the egg mixture over the bread mixture in the casserole dish, pressing the bread cubes down to make sure they are completely submerged.
Step 18 -Bake the casserole until it has puffed slightly, is golden-brown on top, and is set, about 1 hour 15 minutes. If the casserole begins to brown too quickly, cover the dish with foil.
Step 19 -Transfer the casserole to a wire rack to cool, about 15 minutes.
Step 20 -Serve warm.

























