Easy Baked French Toast Casserole

Melanie - Gather for Bread

Easy baked french toast casserole, a quick breakfast bake recipe made with french bread. Homemade casserole ready 20 minutes. Chill overnight or bake immediately and serve with your favorite maple syrup

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 5

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Ingredients

1 loaf DAY OLD French or other crusty bread 14-16 ounces
6 eggs
2 cups milk
3/4 cup half and half
1/2 cup sugar See Notes
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon

For topping

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 Tablespoons cold butter

Instructions

Cut bread into cubes or tear into small pieces. Place in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, half and half, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour over bread in the pan.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture. With a fork blend butter into mixture until it resembles small crumbs; sprinkle over bread in the pan.
Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. To check, shake the casserole. If it wiggles a lot it's not done. Continue to bake until it cooked through completely.

Notes

Use crusty or 1 day or 2 old bread as listed in ingredients. A soft bread will result in a soft (soggy) casserole.
To crust up a fresh bread loaf: Let bread sit out for several hours or toast cubed bread in the oven at a low temperature around 200 for approximately 10-15 minutes.
This has turned out well with refrigerating for several hours,overnight or baking immediately.
Feel free to cut back on the sugar. I have made it successfully by cutting the sugar in half and no one seems to notice. Make to your preference.

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