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Baked French Toast recipe

Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.

Last week Phoebe made some one hour french bread for dinner. She made two loaves and we only ate one that night. So I took the other loaf and made baked french toast for breakfast the next morning.

This is one of our favorite “make ahead” breakfasts. 

Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.

You mix almost all the ingredients in a 9X13 pan and put it in the refrigerator overnight. 

Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.

In the morning, you take it out of the refrigerator, mix up the topping and bake. 

Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.

Pretty easy…and yummy!

This is a pretty rich breakfast and is one we always eat for Christmas morning. 

Yield: 12 Servings

Baked French Toast

Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf of French bread
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 ½ cups half and half (can substitute milk)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup or honey

Instructions

Cut loaf into 1 inch cubes. Put into a 9X13 pan.

Mix eggs, milk, half & half, vanilla and cinnamon together.  Pour over bread.

Refrigerate overnight.

In morning, melt butter and cook with brown sugar and syrup or honey until just boiling.  Pour over bread mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Baked French Toast is a great make ahead breakfast. Mix it up the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake in the morning.

What are your favorite make ahead breakfasts?

Thanks for sharing with your friends!

KIm

Monday 14th of December 2015

How many cups of cubed bread do you think you used? I have to make a GF version of this using pre made baguettes so I'm trying to figure out how many small loaves I should cut up. Thanks!!

Angi Schneider

Monday 14th of December 2015

hmmm...that's a good question. I'll measure it next time and include that in the recipe but for now, just fill your 9X13 pan with cubed bread and you should be fine. I would cut a couple and then if you need more cut another.

Juliette

Friday 16th of October 2015

Please correct the measurement for half and half. It just says 1 1/2 ... Cups, tablespoons??? Thank you. I want to make this right away.

Angi Schneider

Tuesday 20th of October 2015

Yes, it's cups. I just fixed the recipe. Thanks for letting know!

Tiffany

Friday 4th of September 2015

This looks so yummy and I love the prepping the night before. I will have to try this :)

Angi Schneider

Sunday 6th of September 2015

oh yeah, I love breakfasts I can make the night before.

Resep Makanan

Wednesday 2nd of September 2015

Snacks are easy to make and very pleasant presented to children. Thank you for giving the recipe.

Angi Schneider

Wednesday 2nd of September 2015

Thanks for stopping by. You have fabulous looking snacks on your blog, too!

Meg

Tuesday 2nd of April 2013

Found you from the Farm to Table book... so glad I found you! Bought your Gardening Notebook and had to say thank you for such a great resource! It was really helpful in planning my garden this year.

This looks delicious! I always make two loaves of french bread at a time and I will have to do this!

Angi Schneider

Wednesday 3rd of April 2013

Thanks, Meg. I'm so glad you're enjoying the book! Let me know how you like the French toast when you try it.

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