Overnight French Toast
A recipe that’s perfect for holidays and snow days! It’s easy, and has a short list of ingredients.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: breakfast
Ingredients
Scale
- one loaf of country white bread (day old)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream or half & half
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- confectioners sugar for dusting
- maple syrup
Instructions
- First, you need to prepare the bread. Start by cutting a very thin slice off the bottom of the bread. This is so the batter is more easily absorbed when it’s in the pan
- Next, you are going to carefully cut 1 1/2″ slices of the bread making sure not to cut all the way through the bread. Leave about 1/2″ at the bottom of the bread uncut. Next, turn the bread, and repeat this lengthwise creating a grid pattern. Place in a baking dish that’s not too large.
- In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, cream, melted butter, vanilla, and salt until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into the crevices of the bread, drenching the bread with the mixture.
- Let it soak for 30 minutes at room temperature or you can make this ahead and let it soak in the refrigerator overnight.
- Spoon any excess batter over the top and bake in a 350º oven for one hour. The bread will be golden brown on top.
- Dust with cinnamon and confectioners sugar and serve with warm maple syrup.
Notes
Based on the Eggnog French Toast in The New York Times.
Find it online: https://mostlovelythings.com/overnight-french-toast/