Easy French Toast Casserole
A rich, flavourful, and decadent breakfast! This warm comforting meal is so easy to put together and better yet, it is the perfect way to use up stale bread! With just a few kitchen staples you will have a special occasion breakfast that takes almost no effort at all!
Ingredients
- 16 slices 1 small loaf dried crusty bread of choice
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups milk 473 ml
- ½ cup heavy cream 118 ml
- ½ cup sugar 100 g
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract 15 ml
- ¾ cup mix-ins of choice optional
topping
- 1 tsp cinnamon 5 ml
- 2 Tbsp sugar 30 ml
Instructions
- Rip or cut the bread into cubes.
- Grease an ovenproof dish and arrange the bread inside.
- Sprinkle any mix-ins on top of the bread.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the milk, eggs, cream, sugar, and vanilla.
- Pour this evenly over the bread.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator overnight, or at least 6 hours. (This will allow the bread to soak up all of the liquid.)
- In the morning, preheat the oven to 350 ºF (180 ºC).
- Mix cinnamon sugar topping in a small bowl.
- Dust the topping evenly overtop of the casserole.
- Bake uncovered 45-50 minutes or until golden and the egg custard is set. If you see the top getting too dark, place a piece of tin foil loosely on top.
- Remove and let stand 10 minutes.
- Serve warm with maple syrup and fresh fruit!