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Oven French Toast

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This easy and delicious family favorite will warm the hearts of everyone who sits around your breakfast or bruch table.

 "This recipe is awesome. Made it for brunch. Everyone loved it. Served with fresh fruit. No improvement needed at all. May cut my bread a little smaller so the servings aren't quite as large. But outside of that I wouldn't change a thing." - kaarenj

Yield: 4 Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Bread

(4.5, 13) 85% would make again (reviews)

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Verified by stevemur

Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
5 largeEggs; lightly beaten
1 1/2 cupsmilk
1 cupcream; or half-and-half
1 teaspoonVanilla extract
1/2 teaspoonGround cinnamon
8 slicesfirm white bread; thick sliced and buttered
-- TOPPING --
1/2 cupunsalted butter; softened
1 cuplight-brown sugar; packed
2 tablespoonsmaple syrup or honey
1 cuppecans; coarsely chopped

Oven French Toast Preparation

Butter a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof glass baking dish. Mix eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Dip buttered bread slices in egg mixture; place in baking dish. Pour any remaining egg mixture over bread. Refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter, sugar and syrup in a bowl; stir in pecans. Spread topping over bread. Bake until golden, about 40 to 50 minutes. Let stand at least five minutes before serving. Serve with preserves, stewed fruit or compote.

Notes

A glass baking pan will help prevent the toast from sticking.

The soaked bread can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.

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    • Calories Per Serving: 1081
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    Oven French Toast Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    Very tasty & loved by all ! ! !
    1 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes ago
    Really easy and so good!! Great recipe.
    3 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 13 hours, 18 minutes ago
    1 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, 47 minutes ago
    Absolutely delicious! Made it for a gathering and everybody loved it.
    1 years, 5 months, 2 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
    I liked it but my family hated it.
    1 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours, 11 minutes ago
    Very sweet and rich, but good.
    1 years, 11 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes ago
    Excellent recipe! Everyone loved it and we will definitely make this again.
    2 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 32 minutes ago
    Absolutely wonderful! Melts in your mouth!
    2 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes ago
    Tasty. Used 3/4 cup of milk, 3 eggs Less brn sugar and Whole grain nut bread.
    2 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes ago
    This was a wonderful recipe. Served this dish for my friends birthday brunch and everyone loved it.
    3 years, 4 months, 1 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes ago
    I too, made this for a brunch but will be making this for my family as well. It made a nice presentation and smelled wonderful! I used honey, very tasty!
    3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours, 33 minutes ago
    This recipe is awesome. Made it for brunch. Everyone loved it. Served with fresh fruit. No improvement needed at all. May cut my bread a little smaller so the servings aren't quite as large. But outside of that I wouldn't change a thing.
    6 years, 1 weeks, 5 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes ago
    A glass baking pan will help prevent the toast from sticking.
    The soaked bread can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.
    [I posted this recipe.]
    6 years, 1 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 18 hours, 10 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Bake
    2. Advance
    3. eggs
    4. easy
    5. Brunch
    6. Breakfast
    7. American
    8. Bread
    9. milk
    10. half-and-half
    11. vanilla extract
    12. cinnamon
    13. unsalted butter
    14. brown sugar
    15. maple syrup
    16. pecans
    17. nuts
    18. Fall
    19. Buttery

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