The Simple Art of the Overnight Breakfast Casserole - No. 69

How strata turns squishy bread into perfection

When you layer bread, milk, eggs, and cheese, they transform into something otherworldly, known in fancy places as “strata” - pronounced with two long “ahs” - or as we say in Nashville, overnight breakfast casserole! My daughter Litton assembled this recipe each Christmas Eve to be baked the next morning. She tweaked it ever so slightly each year, and w…