Baked French toast recipes?

[Beth76]

Looking for one of those overnight french toast things that gets baked in the oven. Please share if you have them!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Stuffed French Toast

24 (1-ounce) slices cinnamon-raisin bread
Cooking spray
3 cups 1% low-fat milk
2 cups egg substitute, divided
1 cup half-and-half
1 cup sugar, divided
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (8-ounce) block fat-free cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce) block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
Bottled cinnamon-sugar (optional)

Trim crusts from bread. Arrange half of the bread in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Combine milk, 1 1/2 cups egg substitute, half-and-half, and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Pour half of milk mixture over bread in dish.

Combine 1/2 cup egg substitute, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, and cheeses in a food processor or blender; process until smooth. Pour cream cheese mixture over moist bread in dish. Top with remaining bread; pour remaining milk mixture over bread. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Uncover and bake at 350° for 55 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar, if desired. Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 piece)

My notes:I do not use 24 pieces of bread. More like 12 (6 on bottom;6 on top.) I buy the Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon bread (2 loaves). It's REALLY good, but you need something like eggs to cut back on the sweet. I make a Ham and Egg casserole too.

 

[JennyMominRI]

I'm making this one

Baked French Toast Casserole with Maple Syrup Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Show: Paula's Home Cooking
Episode: Spring Brunch







1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup

Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.


Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

 

[lovetoscrap]

This is my FAVORITE! You can't go wrong with a Paula Deen recipe!


http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_26774,00.html


ETA: LOL! Great minds think alike! Don't bother clicking the link. It is the same recipe Jenny posted above while I was posting. I am just lazier than she is!

 

[Sandy321]

I swear Paula Deen is our long lost aunt!! (I cant tell you how many of her recipes are our family favorites!! Just good ole southern style food!! cuppa sugar and more butter than ya think y'all) We do the same Praline recipe - and mom changed to all low fat milk instead of the 1/2 1/2 or cream...

French Toast
1 french bread 10 oz (I've used challah bread, yummm but then I dont add sugar!)
3 C milk
8 large eggs
4tsp sugar
1T vanilla
2T butter
dash cinnamon

1. grease a 13 x 9 pan slice bread into 1 inch thick slices put in pan
2. beat eggs milk sugar vanilla
3. Pour over bread slices
4. refrigerate at least 4 hours
5. put the butter and cinnamon over the top and Bake 350 45 - 50 min

 

[Beth76]

Haha! So i guess I should go with Paula Deen! That praline topping sounds really good. Oh and Jenn, I'm planning on doing a hashbrown casserole as well. Gotta have some salty to balance all that sweet!!!

Thanks everyone, I knew I could count on you!

 

[minniecarousel]

Someone posted a French Toast recipe last week - it was from one of the restaurants at WDW. Can't remember which one. When I have time later, I'll post it in this thread. It sounded sooo good!

ETA: FormrCastMbr posted the one I was talking about below. mmmmmm!

 

[Mermaid02]

I'm making this one

Baked French Toast Casserole with Maple Syrup Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Show: Paula's Home Cooking
Episode: Spring Brunch







1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup

Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.


Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

I want me some of THAT!!!!! I think we'll have that Sunday morning... Mom is cooking on Christmas morning....

 

[FormrCastMbr]

I made the Main Street Bakery French Toast Loaf this week for dinner and we loved it. I am going to make it again for Xmas. It was posted on the Whats for dinner thread. I will get it and post in a few minutes....

ETA...the recipe:

Main Street Bakery French Toast Loaf Recipe

YIELD: 1 Loaf

Ingredients:

12 slices day-old white bread (preferably a homestyle white, not Wonder Bread
type)

8 oz. butter (chilled and sliced)

Brown sugar batch:

9 oz, light brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix together and set aside.

Batter:

10 oz. heavy cream
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Mix together and refrigerate until ready to use.

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Method:

Liberally spray a loaf pan with Pam or other vegetable spray. Layer three slices day old bread on bottom of pan. Sprinkle 1/3 brown sugar mixture on top of bread, then layer 1/3 of the butter. Repeat these steps two more times. Top off with three more slices of bread (should have a total of 12 slices of bread). Press down with hand to compact bread into loaf pan.

Slowly pour 16 oz. of batter over top of loaf, covering completely. This may take a little time, to allow it to fully absorb into bread and flow into spaces at bottom. (Take
your time here and pour into corners. Lift bread at corners a little to get into bottom quicker if you want.)


Place loaf pan on some paper towel in case of overflow. Cover top of loaf with parchment paper and wrap top tightly with aluminum foil. Place in refrigerator and allow to sit overnight.

Heat oven to 325º F. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until internal temperature in center of loaf is 160 degrees. Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for 5-10 minutes. Place a plate on top of loaf pan and invert to remove from pan. Cut into 7 slices and serve.

 

[Sandy321]

I love this thread!!

(and I make the French Toast without the Praline too)

I also make this for the kids first day of school, its become a tradition - such a hectic morning - but breakfast is made!!

 

[Honu]

Baked Apple French Toast

1 large loaf of day old french bread
8 large eggs
3 1/2 cups half & half or whole milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
6 peeled and thinly sliced Granny Smith apples
1/4 cup diced walnuts (optional)
1/2 granulated sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
4 tablespoons melted butter

Butter a 9x13 glass pan. Slice bread into 1-1/2 inch slices and lay in pan in overlapping rows, packed tightly together.

In separate bowl, beat together eggs, brown sugar, half & half or milk, and vanilla and beat by hand until the eggs are well beaten. Pour half of it over the bread. Layer the sliced apples on top of bread to cover and pour the remaining egg mixture evenly over the top.

Mix the granulated sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle walnuts over apples and spoon cinnamon sugar on top of the nuts. Drizzle melted butter evenly over the sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

In the morning day, preheat oven to 350° and baked uncovered for 1 hour. Watch it the last 15 minutes. It will rise up high and get brown, but you want to get it out before the sugar burns. Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. We eat it with cinnamon syrup, but maple is really good too.

 

[Jennifer S]

I Love that apple one - I just leave off the walnuts.

Merry Christmas Beth

 

[izzy]

Everyone beat me to it! I was going to suggest the Paula Deen recipe, too!!

 

[psammie1025]

I posted this on the *official holiday recipe thread* last year


My family loves this, especially on Christmas Morning!
And, the best thing is that you can make it the night before & then pop it in the oven in the morning!

Praline Baked French Toast
6 tablespoons Butter
1 cup Light Brown Sugar
2 tablespoons Light Corn Syrup
1/2 cup chopped Pecans
2 Eggs, plus 3 Egg Whites
1 cup Orange Juice
1/4 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Milk
1 teaspoon grated Orange Rind
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 (16 oz) loaf French Bread, cut into 12 to 15 (1 inch) slices

In a microwaveable dish, combine butter, brown sugar & corn syrup. Microwave until the butter has melted & the brown sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Pour the mixture into an ungreased 3 quart oblong baking dish or a 13 x 9 inch pan. Sprinkle with pecans.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, egg whites, orange juice, sugar, milk, orange rind, cinnamon & vanilla.
Arrange the bread slices over the brown sugar mixture & pecans in the dish. Pour the egg mixture over the bread slices. Cover & refrigerate for at least 4 hours to overnight.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Bake for about 30 minutes or until toasty. Serve immediately, each piece with some of the praline sauce that forms on the bottom of the dish.

 

[Mermaid02]

I bought the wrong kind of bread... looks like we'll have to have this Christmas morning!