Whether you're hosting family for brunch or simply treating yourself on a quiet weekend, overnight French toast has a way of making an ordinary morning feel like an occasion.
Assemble everything the night before, warm the maple-caramel sauce the next morning, and let the oven do the rest. The result is a crisp, golden top, a soft custardy center, and just enough buttery sweetness to justify a second helping.
Add fresh fruit, pour another cup of coffee, and see who wanders into the kitchen first.
Ingredients:
- 1 Loaf (1 lb) day old French Bread (cut diagonally, 1° thick)
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 ½ cups Half & Half
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
- 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- Splash of Grand Marnier
Instructions:
- Butter 9° x 13° baking dish.
- Arrange slices of bread in bottom.
- Beat together eggs, milk, half & half, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour over bread, cover, refrigerate over night.
- In the morning, flip the slices of bread over and preheat oven to 350°. Bake for twenty minutes uncovered.
- Meanwhile, in small saucepan combine butter, brown sugar, syrups, and Grand Marnier. Heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture. Bake for another 20 minutes.
Enjoy,
—Poplar & Prose
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