Overnight French Toast

Overnight french toast is a delicious French Toast Casserole, made the night before and baked in the morning!

The ease of this dish is already in the name–Overnight French Toast!  I’m in love with breakfasts you can make ahead of time and simply throw in the oven in the morning, like this amazing Overnight Egg and Sausage Breakfast Casserole!  You may notice that both of these overnight dishes were adapted from Our Best Bites–one of my favorite food blogs!

Some people call this dish “Company French Toast” which I also totally fits. This is the perfect breakfast to make when you want to enjoy your morning, but also have something fun and special to serve for breakfast!  I’ve never made it when my guests didn’t rave about it!

It’s so flavorful and delicious–and it took my all of 10 minutes to prepare the night before!  It makes the perfect breakfast for Christmas morning, or other special holidays, or just when you have some company staying with you and you don’t want to stress in the kitchen in the morning!

CONSIDER TRYING THESE BREAKFAST FAVORITES:

• Classic French Toast
• German Pancakes
• Breakfast Quessadillas
• Buttermilk Pancakes
• Egg and Sausage Breakfast Taquitos
• Cheesy Egg, Avocado, and Ham Breakfast Sausages

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Overnight French Toast

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Overnight french toast is a delicious French Toast Casserole, made the night before and baked in the morning!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 10 people

Calories: 364 kcal

Author: Lauren Allen

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 cups milk
• 6 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt (a little less if using table salt)
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 lb loaf of french bread or cinnamon bread
• 2 Tbsp softened butter for greasing baking dish

For the Topping

• 4 Tbsp packed brown sugar
• 4 Tbsp white sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 Tbsp cold butter

Instructions

1. Lightly butter the bottom and sides of a 9×13'' baking dish. Cut bread into 1 inch chunks and place in dish.
2. Crack the eggs into a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Add the half and half and milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla and mix well. Pour evenly over the bread cubes.
3. Gently toss the bread around a little to make sure the top and bottom pieces all get dipped in the egg mixture. Spread out evenly, cover dish, and refrigerate overnight.
4. At this point you can quickly make the topping before hand, and leave it in the fridge overnight.

For the topping

1. Place brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and stir to combine. Cut cold butter into small chunks and add to the bowl. Use a pastry cutter or your hands to combine the mixture until crumbly. Cover and refrigerate until morning.
2. When ready to bake preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Uncover your french toast pan and sprinkle the topping evenly over top. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until top is golden brown and egg mixture is set at the bottom. (It only takes me about 43 minutes to bake, but time may vary depending on your oven).
3. Allow french toast to cool for 5-10 minutes before cutting it into squares.

Recipe Notes

We don't top ours with anything but fruit, because I think it's completely delicious plain! But you may want to try it with syrup, powdered sugar, whipped cream, berries, or any other toppings you'd like!

Adapted from Our Best Bites

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