Making a big breakfast for everyone can be really fun, but it can also be really time consuming. This is where a breakfast casserole comes in handy. Served alongside some fresh fruit, with coffee and juice and you’ve got a full meal. This raisin bread and sausage casserole has a unique flavor that’s a welcome blend of two of our favorite morning foods.

We don’t always think of a spicy and sweet combination as going well with sausage, but the mixture of nutmeg and cinnamon goes quite well together. This casserole also gets a nice sweetness from the topping of pecans, brown sugar, and maple syrup.

The first step is to brown the crumbled sausage and set is aside. Then cube the bread and combine with the sausage. Then both go into the casserole dish.

Next you mix together the egg and cream mixture which binds everything together and lends a slight French toast flavor to the casserole.

Here comes the really easy part. You pour the egg mixture over the sausage and raisin bread and then refrigerate the whole thing for 2 hours or overnight. This means you can prep this before bed and then add the egg mixture it in the topping. Then it’s ready to pop into the oven to bake for 35-45 minutes.

If you never know what to make in the morning or are stuck in a breakfast rut, then this savory-sweet casserole could be the flavor you’ve been missing at breakfast.