If you’re expecting houseguests on New Year’s eve and want to feed them well on the morning, make this delicious French Toast casserole the night ahead and pop it in the oven before everyone wakes up. Easy!
Check out what my pals over at Love And Sugar had to say about this recipe:
…a lot of people ate it without the syrup and said it didn’t even need it. The bread is so moist and the topping so yummy all by itself! My friend and I actually sat in the backseat eating the leftovers without syrup while we were stuck in traffic after the game (the men were driving). It was delicious.
You really don’t need any syrup with this casserole but my husband and children still used it. However, these people put sugar on their sugar so, yeah…
Ingredients
Casserole
1 loaf Sourdough Or French Bread (I used sourdough)
8 whole Eggland’s Best eggs
2 cups whole TruMoo milk
1/2 cup Borden heavy whipping cream
3/4 cups Domino Sugar
2 Tablespoons McCormick Vanilla Extract
Topping
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp firmly packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Morton salt
1 stick Kerrygold butter, cut in pieces
Fresh fruit (optional)
Instructions
1. Grease a 9 x 13 casserole dish with butter.
2. Tear bread into chunks and evenly lay out in dish.
3. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour evenly over bread.
4. Cover and store in fridge for several hours or overnight.
5. In another bowl, mix 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and salt. Add butter and mash into the dry mixture until it all comes together. You can store this mixture in the fridge overnight if you’d like.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees the next morning.
7. Remove casserole and pre-made topping from fridge. If using fresh fruit, put it on now. Crumble pre-made topping and sprinkle over the top of the casserole.
8. For some extra topping to cover areas that aren’t covered by the pre-made topping (I like the cinnamon and spice on every bite!) combine 2 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon (same stuff as the pre-made topping, minus the butter). Sprinkle over top of casserole and pre-made topping.
9. Bake for 45 minutes for a softer, more moist texture. Bake an hour or more for a firmer, less moist texture.
10. Sprinkle a little powdered sugar on top and serve with syrup.
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Quick Tip: Serve this casserole with your favorite syrup.
Thank you to Recipe Lion for this great recipe.
