Easy Overnight French Toast Casserole
Christmas breakfast is always a big deal, right? It’s one of those meals I look forward to all year. For Christmas breakfast, we always have lots of fresh fruit, bacon, breakfast potatoes, fresh orange juice and then something like Belgian Waffles or Red Velvet Pancakes. This year though, I’d like to be able to make most of the main dish the night before, so I’m going with this seriously delicious Overnight French Toast Bake!
Overnight French Toast Casserole Ingredients
This easy overnight french toast uses ingredients I bet you already have on hand (those are the best types of holiday breakfast recipes, am I right?). Here’s what you’ll need for this make ahead french toast casserole:
Granulated sugar Ground cinnamon and nutmeg Eggs Milk Half and half Vanilla extract Sourdough bread Butter All-purpose flour Brown sugar Salt
How to Make French Toast Casserole
With this make ahead French toast casserole recipe, the fresh bread is diced up into cubes then soaked overnight in a rich custard that has plenty of that ever so creamy and lovely half and half. And the following morning all you have to do is take it out of the fridge, preheat the oven, sprinkle it with a simple cinnamon crumble and bake it up. Oh, and let’s not forget finishing the overnight french toast with melted butter and maple syrup!
What’s the Best Bread for French Toast?
The base for this overnight french toast casserole is made with sourdough bread, not the first thing you’d thick to make french toast with maybe, but I started using sourdough for french toast about 10 years ago and I’ve been hooked ever since. The sourdough offers a nice slightly tangy flavor similar to that in buttermilk or sour cream pancakes. It just gives it more flavor overall because white bread can be pretty bland and boring.
How to Serve Overnight French Toast Casserole
The French toast casserole itself isn’t very sweet at all, as the topping and the maple syrup bring almost all of the sweetness here. So don’t leave them off! I didn’t want things to be overly sweet, so once you finish it off with maple syrup it has the perfect balance of sweetness. Oh, and you of course should serve this breakfast casserole warm!
Tips for the Best French Toast Casserole
For easier, less messy cutting, transfer the loaf of bread to a plastic bag if it’s in a paper bag and let it sit for a day. It makes cutting easier and less messy. Any type of dairy milk will work in this recipe, but I’d recommend avoiding skim milk. (The milk fat adds moisture and flavor!) If you don’t have a mixing bowl with a pour spout at the end, you can transfer the egg mixture to a liquid measuring cup with a pour spout and pour it onto the breakfast casserole from there.
Finally, a Delicious Breakfast Casserole Recipe!
I’m not one who loves casseroles, but this french toast bake is a major exception. I love everything about this breakfast casserole! It’s so good, in fact, that I think you need to do one trial run before Christmas, right? I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week filled with good times and good food!
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