Description
Delicious and decadent, simple spin on French toast. Got the idea from a bed and breakfast in the south. Add additional ingredients; we like blueberries and cream cheese, cinnamon apples, nuts, and dried fruit!
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 1 (8 ounce) loaf crusty French bread, cut into bite-size pieces, or as needed
- 2 cups milk
- 6 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, or as needed
Instructions
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Make the French toast: Stir brown sugar and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter is melted and sugar has dissolved
- 2 to 4 minutes.
- Pour butter-brown sugar mixture into the prepared baking dish. Scatter French bread pieces over top in a 1 1/2- to 2-inch layer.
- Whisk milk
- eggs
- and vanilla together in a bowl until well combined. Pour over bread pieces
- then press bread down with a spatula so the bread absorbs the liquid. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate
- 8 hours to overnight.
- When ready to bake
- remove French toast from the refrigerator and discard plastic wrap. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Make topping: Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the French toast.
- Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is browned and bubbling
- about 30 minutes
- covering with aluminum foil at any point if the top is browning too much.
- To serve
- cut into squares and invert onto serving plates.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 8