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An Easy French Toast Bake For Sweet Weekend Mornings
The words sweet breakfast casserole are music to our ears. Plus, our simple overnight French toast can be made the night before, and baked in the A.M. making your morning both totally indulgent and stress-free. This baked french toast recipe with challah bread is pretty awesome, but we’ll just throw it out there that leftover Banana Bread makes excellent French toast too. If you’d like to first try making regular French toast, check out our How to Make French Toast for great results. Get the full breakfast club together with oven-baked bacon, soft scrambled eggs, and a fruit salad.
Ingredients For Homemade Baked French Toast
Challah bread
Butter
Eggs
Heavy cream
Whole milk
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon
How to Make The Best Baked French Toast Casserole
Use your hands to tear up a loaf of challah bread into even pieces.
Scatter the bread in a greased baking dish.
Whisk the milky cream-and-egg mixture.
Pour the custard over the bread.
Bake for 45 minutes to an hour.
How to Store + Tips
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with maple syrup and plenty of softened butter.
This recipe is great for a crowd–there’s not a ton of dirty dishes to clean up, and breakfast is hot from the oven in one serving.
If you can’t find challah, brioche or other sweet milk bread will work.
Leftovers should be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days. This french toast bread pudding can be made in advance and frozen, either before or after it’s baked.
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