Christmas Morning Wifesaver The Best of the Best - Vol. 1 (Page: 26) Enjoy! (Page: 33) Superb! Make the day before and pop in the oven in the morning. Serves 8. Ingredients: 16 slices white bread, crusts removed 16 slices Canadian back bacon or ham 16 slices sharp cheddar cheese 6 eggs 1/2 tsp. pepper 2 mL 1/2-1 tsp. dry mustard 2-5 mL 1/4 cup minced onion 60 mL 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper 60mL 1-2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 5-10 mL 3 cups milk 750 mL dash Tabasco 1/2 cup butter 125 mL Special K or crushed Corn Flakes Instructions: Set 8 pieces of bread into a 9" x 13" (23 x 33 cm) buttered, glass baking dish. Cover bread with slices of back bacon. Lay slices of cheddar cheese on top of bacon and then cover with remaining slices of bread to make it like a sandwich. In a bowl, beat eggs and pepper. To the egg mixture add dry mustard, onion, green pepper, Worcestershire sauce, milk and Tabasco. Pour over the sandwiches, cover and let stand in fridge overnight. In morning, melt butter, pour over top. Cover with Special K or crushed Corn Flakes. Bake, uncovered, 1 hour at 350 deg.F (180 deg.C). Let sit 10 minutes before serving. Serve this with fresh fruit and hot cinnamon rolls. Click here to mail this recipe to a friend. Click here to add this recipe to your list of favorites.

Have you tried this recipe and want to share your thoughts? Click here to submit your comments. Reviews 05/4/2008 - Laimen Christmas Morning Wife Saver: Love the fact that you can make it ahead of time. I would leave the liquid ingredients until just prior to baking time otherwise, the dish becomes too "soggy" for my liking. I used red pepper instead of green peppers and left out the tobasco. When I crushed the corn flakes on top, I also sprinkle some paramesan cheese as well. It is a very tasty dish. I am going to try it for my annual Spring brunch coming up! 02/29/2008 - Susan My mom had been making this for years. We don't add the liquids until morning to avoid it being too soggy by morning. It's sooooo good. 12/24/2007 - AM I love this recipe, especially for company. I've adapted it to our tastes. And a couple of years ago, I had some panettone left over and made a sweet version of this with some leftover eggnog. It was delicious. This year, my neighbour gave us some stollen and I'm using that sliced up with eggnog and dried cranberries sprinkled over it. This is Christmas Eve so I'll know on Christmas Day how it worked out. Merry Christmas everyone. AMC 12/22/2007 - Tiffany-Anne This recipe is a family tradition now! Christmas is not Christmas without it. I am having my first Christmas with my husband in our own place and looking forward to making it for him. 12/21/2007 - kellly We enjoy this every year, Christmas morning wouldn't be the same without it. I've suggested changing to something else but the family won't hear it. As our family increases with new members they all ask for the recipe and MORE Please! 12/17/2007 - Jane I make this every Christmas Eve for Christmas morning. I also make Schwarties Hashbrowns (from Enjoy! page 95) Christmas Eve so they all go in the oven at the same time in the morning. I serve with fruit and cinnamon rolls. 12/14/2007 - Lauren My family and I have had this recipe every single Christmas morning since as far back as I can remember. Not only is it completley nostalgic, but it is also SO delicious. I love it! 12/3/2007 - Angela The Christmas Morning Wifesaver has been a tradition in my family for as long as I have been around and then some. My grandmother has been making this every year for Christmas breakfast, and now I have started the same tradition with my family and friends. It is however a big recipe but left overs are great for later in traditionally a really busy fulfilled Christmas like ours. Hope you enjoy as much as our family does. 06/11/2007 - sabrina I tried this last year with coaxing from a traditional user friend. Mine was soggy and WAY too much! Just my husband and 2 little boys and myself - could have done with half - kids wouldn't eat as it's all mushed together. Maybe I didn't cook long enough? Will try again one year when more people around to eat it I guess. I did love the homemade cinnamon poppers tho' and will do those again. (see other recipe) 01/28/2007 - Sara IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT!!! My mom has been serving "Wifesaver" at Christmas brunch for years now, and it is truly a family favorite! 01/11/2007 - Melody This is by far my favorite strata, and I have tried many. A really wonderful make ahead! Great for brunch! 12/28/2006 - Lisa I think the number of reviews says it all. I have been making this for years. My husband thought his mother gave me the recipe when I first made it for him...it just turned out that both of our families have this has a Christmas morning tradition. This is such a classic. 12/25/2006 - Jim We have used this recipe for several years and it is a family favorite. We have just moved and can't find any of our cookbooks yet so it was great to find this one on line. 12/24/2006 - Fiona For as long as I can remember, my family has been eating Wifesaver on Christmas morning. It started in the 1980s when I was growing up in Canada and the tradition has continued with my move to Scotland. Friends on this side of the ocean also share this great tradition and comment on the wonderful smells that radiate from the kitchen as the presents are being opened. A great recipe and one that is now part of family traditions for years to come!! Give it a try it is worth it! 12/24/2006 - Lisa My mom made this for years - then I carried on the tradition. Each year my girlfriend comes over and we make it together and have a visit. We started this tradition 8 years ago!!!! The only word to describe this is YUMMY 12/22/2006 - Diane This recipe was first introduced to me by my mother-in-law. It is one of the greatest Christmas recipes ever. I have been making this dish for over 16 years. When my children were little they really didn't like this recipe, so they would have something different for breakfast. But in the last 5 years and even this week they both asked me if I would make "Christmas Morning Wifesaver." They are now almost seventeen and eighteen, and they wake up every Christmas morning eager to eat this scrumptious breakfast. Indeed it has been a Wifesaver! Diane Byers, Calgary, AB. 11/11/2006 - Debbie We have made this Christmas morning for many years. You pop it into the oven while you open your gifts. It is great served with cranberry scones - champagne and orange juice is wonderful too. I pass this along whenever I can! 10/6/2006 - Kathryn I didn't get around to making this last year for Christmas morning breakfast and I missed it. Very tasty and the smell as it's cooking is wonderful. I will get around to it this year. 10/1/2006 - Rikki I recently tried this recipe. I have to dissagree with the other reviewers. Mine turned out really soggy. I rechecked the recipe to make sure I didn't add too much milk to the egg mixure (I didn't). IMO, the weekend spouse saver is WAY better! 02/20/2006 - Jane I have been making this for Christmas morning for the past 20 years, my children look forward to it as much as their gifts! 12/24/2005 - judy My mother first discovered this recipe in a magazine in the eighties. It has become a family favorite, and now I make it for my family as well. Not only that, I make it as a present to good friends - they pick it up on Christmas Eve, complete with butter and cornflakes, with the baking directions pasted on top. Now everyone has a stress-free Christmas morning - relatively speaking! 12/15/2005 - Gail I have been making this breakfast since I bought the book in 1984 and I have cooked it in Australia for friends at christmas and Maui for the morning after a wedding and it has been the best breakfast recipe ever in fact all your recipe books are great and I have them all. Thanks Gail Smith from Vancouver Canada. 12/12/2005 - This has been our Christmas morning breakfast since the book came out. Also great for brunches. Nice to be able to make the night before and so good! 11/30/2005 - Catherine This recipe is one of the best I have ever made for my family- Christmas morning or for casual brunch's. I've made so many times (& varied the ingredients almost every time it's made ) it always gets rave reviews from my 'peanut gallery'! My fave way is spreading the bottom layer of bread ( always my own home made ) with Dijon & butter and using Swiss cheese, the best ham I can find ( or crumbled cooked imported bacon from Scotland, lots of green onions & celery instead of green pepper. A dash of tarragon, thyme or any herb or spice beaten in with eggs & milk that goes well with your meat & cheese substitutes is a nice touch also. 11/24/2005 - A A classic! I only use corn flakes and thicker slices of ham. Keep the tabasco in. Always a hit. 10/20/2005 - Elena What a fabulous make ahead recipe! This is such a hit and tastes great and would be great to freeze! I recommend this! 12/31/2004 - Lee I can easily sign Kathie Hatlen's comment. I also am using a red peper instead of a green one and have omitted Tobasco. I have been cooking it for the past six years every Christmas morn. I had to pass on the recipe. Superb! 12/21/2004 - Kathie I love this recipe and have made it a number of times for Christmas, Easter and sometimes up at the cabin just because. I usually have a fruit salad with it and there is never any left over. I've used a red pepper instead of a green pepper and I've also left out the tabasco and every time it tastes just as good as the last!