Description
As easy as it is delicious, this baked cinnamon french toast recipe is perfect for feeding a crowd, a lazy weekend breakfast, or even a make-ahead for a busy week. Enjoy!
Ingredients
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French Toast:
- 1 loaf day-old crusty bread (like French or Sourdough)
- 8 whole eggs
- 1 cup milk (I use 2%)
- 1 and ½ cups heavy cream
- ¾ cups sugar
- 2 Tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Topping:
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (8 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces)
Optional:
- Butter and Maple Syrup (for serving)
Instructions
- Cut bread into small (about 1 inch) cubes.
- Prepare a 9×13 baking dish by coating generously with butter.
- Place bread cubes into the baking dish. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk eggs.
- Add milk, heavy cream, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Whisk to combine.
- Pour the custard over the bread crumbs. Use your hands or a spoon to combine and coat each bread cube with the mixture.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 but up to 24 hours.
Topping:
- In a small bowl, combine butter, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- Use forks or a pastry cutter to combine until it forms a coarse (about pea-size) crumb.
- Cover the mixture and put it into the refrigerator until ready to use.
Bake:
- When ready, preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F).
- Pour topping over the top of the french toast. If desired (I did) top with some chopped pecans or walnuts for an extra crunch.
- Bake for 35-50 minutes (ovens vary greatly) until desired consistency is reached – we like ours completely set up, and took it out of the oven at 40 minutes.
- Allow to cool slightly, then serve warm with a generous pat of butter and maple syrup.
- Enjoy!
- Category: Main