Ingredients

• Vegetable cooking spray
• 10 cups Perfect Cornbread, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup (4 oz.) shredded Parmesan cheese

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Lightly grease a 3-qt. baking dish with cooking spray.
3. Cut cornbread into 2- to 3-inch pieces, and place in prepared dish. (You should have about 10 cups cornbread.)
4. Cook butter and thyme in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until butter begins to turn golden brown. Remove pan from heat, and whisk in milk and next 2 ingredients until sugar melts.
5. Whisk in eggs; pour mixture over cornbread.
6. Let stand 10 minutes.
7. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over cornbread.
8. Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes.
9. Uncover and bake 30 more minutes or until light brown and set. Let stand 10 minutes.