Country Ham Casserole

By SewingDragonfly

Sugar Cookie Murder

This is Loretta Richardson's recipe. Her daughter, Carly, makes it every time she gets together with her old high school friends.

Ingredients

• 4 slices of bread – cut into 1” cubes
• 1 lb leftover ham – cut into small pieces – or thinly sliced deli ham
• 24 spinach leaves – roughly chopped
• 12 eggs – that's a dozen – not a misprint
• 1 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup sour cream and 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 1 cup Half & Half
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion
• 1 cup grated Swiss, Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325° - rack in the middle position

Grease a 9”x13” cake pan. Sprinkle bread cubes over the bottom. Cover the bread cubes with the ham. Cover the ham with the spinach leaves.

Whisk together eggs, sour cream, Half & Half, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder in a large bowl. Set aside.

Sprinkle the chopped green onions in the casserole. Add the cheese on top. Pour the egg mixture on top of that, cover the pan with foil, and let sit in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Take off the foil and bake, uncovered, at 325° for approximately one hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Serves 6-8 people for brunch.