Description
Soak your bread in egg nog the night before and simply bake the French toast in the morning for a delicious winter brunch.
Ingredients
Scale
French Toast
- 1 loaf whole wheat French bread
- 6 eggs
- 2½ cups egg nog
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp rum extract
Streusel Topping
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 stick cold butter (cubed)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
- ? cup chopped pecans (plus additional whole pecans for topping)
Instructions
French Toast
- Slice bread into cubes and place in a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, beat together eggnog, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and rum extract.
- Pour egg nog mixture over cubed bread, tossing the bread to ensure even coating.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spoon the streusel (recipe below) over the top of the French Toast and bake for 35-40 min.
- Cool slightly before serving.
Streusel Topping
- Combine all streusel ingredients, except the butter and the chopped pecans, in a medium bowl. Mix well with a whisk.
- Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles, coarse or wet sand, and stir in the chopped pecans.
- Category: Breakfast