Ingredients

• 1 8 - ounce package brown-and-serve sausage patties
  
• Nonstick cooking spray
  
• 1 16 - ounce loaf raisin bread, cubed
  
• 6 eggs
  
• 1 1/2 cups milk
  
• 1 1/2 cups light cream or half-and-half
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
  
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
  
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup or maple-flavored syrup