Our Family Food Favorites: Christmas Morning Casserole

Sep 13, 2023

Christmas Morning Casserole

8 slices of bread, cubed

4 eggs

2 1/2 cups milk

3/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1 lb. sausage, browned

Grease a 9x13" casserole dish. Spread the bread in the pan, Mix the eggs, milk and mustard together and pour over the bread. Sprinkle with the browned sausage. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

The next morning, mix together:

1/2 cup mild grated cheese

1 can cream of mushroom soup

Pour over refrigerated casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.