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DELICIOUSLY EASY FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

French Toast Casserole – How to make a deliciously easy French toast casserole, a make ahead recipe that’s perfect for a crowd and makes a quick breakfast on busy mornings.

Sometimes on weekends, and especially on holidays and birthdays, we’ll make blueberry buttermilk pancakes or our favorite recipe for cinnamon French toast. A French toast casserole is a win win for those special times when we don’t necessarily feel like going to all the work of making actual French toast.

Deliciously Easy French Toast Casserole

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While you can make this overnight French toast without the topping, it won’t be nearly as good. The topping is super quick to mix up, and you can just crumble it right onto the casserole before baking.

I love a deliciously easy breakfast casserole, don’t you? Especially when it involves maple syrup, brown sugar, and cinnamon

WHAT BREAD SHOULD I USE TO MAKE AN OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE?

While you can use sourdough, Texas toast, challah bread, French bread, or really any other type of fresh baked bread, I used a regular loaf of plain old butter bread. Butter bread is a type of sandwich bread (or white bread) you can find at just about any store.

This recipe is simple, so you can hopefully either use what you already have or easily find what you need while you’re at the store.

CAN I MAKE THIS FRENCH TOAST BAKE GLUTEN-FREE?

Yes, you can. Just substitute in your favorite gluten-free bread in place of the regular sandwich bread included in the ingredients.

TIPS FOR HOW TO MAKE AN EASY FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

This is a fairly simple overnight French toast recipe. There are really only 3 steps (4 if you count the topping) to getting this casserole ready to go in the oven.

• Cube the bread and place it in a greased 9″x13″ baking dish, along with the pecans. You can layer the bread cubes and pecans so everything’s blended well in the dish.
• Then just whisk together the eggs, milk, real maple syrup, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and pour this mixture over the bread and pecans. Make sure all the bread is good and soaked.

• Cover and chill in the fridge for a good 4 to 6 hours or more. Overnight is best.
• Before baking, mix up your topping and just crumble it on as best you can. It’s a really moist mixture, so it’s more like clumps of cinnamon brown sugar.
• Then just bake.

And that’s it! It’s easy peasy to make.

CAN I LEAVE OUT THE PECANS? OR USE SOMETHING ELSE?

I get it. Not everyone’s a fan of nuts. You can totally leave out the pecans altogether.

OR you can add a different kind of nut like walnuts.

DO I REALLY HAVE TO CHILL THE CASSEROLE OVERNIGHT?

While it’s best if you do, you don’t have to. But let me just say, that the flavors will be at their best after chilling for at least a few hours.

If you’re in a hurry, didn’t have time to plan ahead, and need to make it now, that’s ok. Just mix it up, make sure the bread is moistened well with the egg mixture, add the topping, and bake it.

CAN I FREEZE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE?

You can freeze a French toast bake. While I recommend covering it well and freezing it after it’s already been baked, you can also freeze it before baking (though I’d add the topping later before actually baking it).

Keep in mind it’ll keep longer in the freezer if it’s already been cooked.

Just be sure you have plenty of time for it to thaw and re-heat when taking it out of the freezer. Allow time for it to thaw in the fridge; then cook or re-heat.

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

How to make a deliciously easy French toast casserole, a make ahead recipe that's perfect for a crowd and makes a quick breakfast on busy mornings.

PREP TIME30 minutes

COOK TIME45 minutes

CHILL TIME6 hours

TOTAL TIME7 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

Casserole:

• 20 ounces sandwich bread, *cubed
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 8 large eggs
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/4 cup maple syrup, **
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Topping:

• 4 tablespoons salted butter, sliced
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Great a 9"x13" baking dish.
2. Cube the bread into small 1-inch cubes, and layer with the pecans in your baking dish.
3. Whisk together the eggs, milk, real maple syrup, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
4. Pour the egg mixture over the bread and pecans in the baking dish.
5. Cover and chill for a good 4 to 6 hours or overnight.
6. When you're ready to bake the casserole, remove it from the fridge, and pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
7. Meanwhile, mix the sliced butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a small mixing bowl.
8. Crumble or clump the topping over the entire casserole.
9. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil, and bake at 350°F for about 25 to 30 minutes. Then uncover and bake it for an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
10. Once it's thoroughly cooked through, remove it from the oven and let it cool for just a few minutes.
11. Then slice and serve with powdered sugar and maple syrup.

Notes

*20 ounces was about 22 slices of the butter bread I used.

**Be sure to use real maple syrup. Table syrup will likely change the recipe.

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