Overnight French Toast
OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST with sticky pecan goo on the bottom, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and a tasty egg custard to soak the French bread in. Refrigerate overnight and bake it the next morning for the best and easiest Overnight French Toast ever!
Easy Breakfast & Brunch Recipe
Looking for an easy brunch dish, or pot-luck breakfast casserole? This EASY Overnight French Toast can be made the night before, refrigerated and baked the next morning! Did I say this was easy? It's not only easy, but cheap too! Half sticky bun and half French toast, it tastes more like bread pudding for dessert, than eggs for breakfast! Try it, I think you'll love it as much as we do!
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- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or raisins
- 1 1/2 loaves French bread or baguettes
- 3 cups milk
- 12 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick), melted
- 2 Tablespoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
How To Make Overnight French Toast
- Spray a 9 X 13-inch baking dish with vegetable spray and set aside.
- In a small saucepan under low-medium heat, melt 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, honey and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together and stir until blended and sugar is dissolved. Stir in nuts or raisins. Remove from heat, and spread in bottom of the baking dish.
- Slice bread into 1-inch thick slices, take the whole loaf in your hands and place it in the pan on top of the sticky goo. It'll look like the bread is still in the form of a loaf, only sliced.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, or a hand whisk, whip the milk, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, nutmeg and butter until mixed well and frothy.
- Pour the milk and egg mixture slowly over the bread, opening up the slices to allow the liquid to get in between the bread. Press down to make sure all the bread is wet. Cover with plastic wrap, and press down once more to assure all the bread is soaked. Refrigerate overnight.
- Next morning, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, mix 2 Tablespoons sugar, 2 Tablespoons brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Remove the plastic wrap and sprinkle the Overnight French Toast with the cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 45 - 60 minutes or until bubbly and the middle of the French toast is done. Do not over bake. It'll still be a little jiggly in the center.
- Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes before serving. Be careful, as this Overnight French Toast stays hot for quite a while!
- Cut and serve with pure maple syrup and whipped cream if desired.
- Serves 8 - 12 or more. This recipe can be divided in half and baked in an 8 X 8-inch pan.
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Comments
I can't wait to try this! This looks fantastic!
Another great French Toast twist - we made homemade (alcoholic) eggnog one year, came out very frothy and yum. There was tons left over, so the next day we dipped big thick pieces of bread in it and made French toast. Excellent!
Oh my gosh Donna, that looks incredible! :-)
Donna,
This french toast looks absolutely delicious. And it's so easy to make. I can't wait to try it. Thanks!
Looks deeelish. Good enough to eat out in the garden.
I HAVE to make this, loooks soooo great.
Get really good cinnamon. An online, Juliet Mae Spices has a great ceylon cinnamon. Check it out.
This looks suspiciously like bread pudding
Mmm, I so love overnight baked french toast. I put together a collection of my 11 favorite baked french toast recipes here, if you want to see: www.recipelion.com/Breakfast-Recipes/11-Baked-French-Toast-Recipes
AND suggested toppings!
Mmmmmm, that sounds great!
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I have been meaning to try an overnight french toast recipe. This one looks great. I'm going to try it this weekend.
Thanks.
This looks delicious. I will definitely give it a try this weekend. I think my son would love it!
It looks delicious but not for the faint of heart diet-wise! :) My husband and little girl have their own version of overnight french toast with strawberries and bananas if you want to peek.
www.examiner.com/x-31662-Minneapolis-Cooking-With-Kids-Examiner~y2010m2d7-Overnight-strawberrybanana-French-Toast
You can never have enough french toast recipes, right? :)
I like this "Overnight French Toast" title :-). And I like the recipe - will try it next time I have too much bread left over.
I also made a bread pudding not too long ago, but that was savory: cookingrookie.blogspot.com/2010/01/savory-bread-pudding.html
And I did not leave it to soak overnight - I bet it adds a very nice texture.
Thanks for the great idea :-)
I made this for Mothers Day and it was a huge hit. I ended up sharing the recipe with most of my family at there request. My Mom then made it when she went camping over Memorial Day weekend and it recieved rave reviews again. I agree that it's not the healthiest choice but great for special occasions!
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