Sausage Egg Breakfast Dish

This dish started out as Grandma's traditional Christmas morning breakfast.  Last fall Brian decided he wanted our family to make more of an event of General Conference weekend, with family favorites for meals and a general "hunkering down" for the weekend to enjoy the broadcasts.  So starting last spring this dish has also become our traditional General Conference weekend breakfast.  I thought since I was whipping it up this morning I'd add it to the family blog.

Unfortunately, I cannot give you all the copy that I received from Dad.  7 years ago, Mom was staying with us after Austin was born and wanted to make this for us.  She had Dad email me the recipe, and this is his version:

He added emoticons for each ingredient, smileys for healthy items, frownys for unhealthy, etc...  His parting line says, "Enjoy, then have your cholesterol checked."  Seeing this makes me smile every time I make it.

In a 9x13 pan, layer the following:
8 slices of bread cubed w/o crust (I have left the crust on before, it was fine)
1/4 lb grated cheddar cheese (or more, we're cheese hounds)
1 and 1/2 lbs cooked link sausage, quartered (I just buy 2 packages of Johnsonville Origianl Breakfast Links)

Combine the following and then pour over the bread meat and cheese:
3 cups milk
6 beaten eggs
1 and 1/2 tsp salt
pinch of pepper
1 and 1/2 tsp dry mustard

Refrigerate overnight.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour.