Savory Bread Pudding

6 slices stale white bread

6 links heat and serve breakfast sausage, slice in ½” chunks

6 eggs

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup milk

½ tsp seasoned salt                                                       

In a 10” pie plate, arrange bread slices, slightly overlapping each. Scatter sausage pieces and shredded cheese over top of the bread.  In a medium bowl, beat together eggs, seasoned salt and milk. Pour egg mixture over bread and refrigerate for at least one hour or up to overnight. When ready to bake, place pie plate in a shallow 12” Dutch oven.  Arrange 6 hot coals in a circle and place Dutch oven on top.  Cover with flat lid and place 6 more hot coals in lid. Bake for 30 minutes.  Serve hot.