Recipe: Overnight French Toast Casserole
June 11, 2009 by admin
Filed under General Frugality
Want a tasty, quick, easy, inexpensive yet company worthy breakfast or brunch dish? Overnight French Toast Casserole fits the bill!
This is so simple to make-and it can feed a crowd. I especially like that it is prepared the night before and then just placed in the oven in the morning-great for when you have overnight company! You also avoid the “I’m standing at the stove making breakfast while everyone else is eating” syndrome.
I’ve even been known to make this in the camper for a quick and easy morning breakfast (remember, we camp in an RV and have an oven-wouldn’t quite work on a campfire!). You can’t beat a breakfast that cooks unattended while you enjoy your morning coffee!
Overnight French Toast Casserole
1/2 C Butter
12 slices White Bread
1 C Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon or Baking Spice
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
5 eggs
1 1/2 c Milk
-Melt margarine & pour in a 9X13 pan (I melt it in a measuring cup in the microwave)
-Mix together brown sugar & cinnamon (or baking spice)
-Wisk eggs, milk & vanilla together
-Layer bottom of pan with half the bread
-Sprinkle half brown sugar mix over the bread
-Layer second half of bread
-Pour egg mixture over all then sprinkle remaining brown sugar
-Cover & refrigerate overnight
-In the morning, cover with tinfoil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes
-Uncover and bake 15 more minutes (should be browned and set
Variations:
Reduce brown sugar to 2/3 C
Use any milk substitute-powdered milk, evaporated skim milk, thinned plain yogurt
Use any type of bread. I’ve made this with slightly stale hamburger & hotdog rolls.
Cube bread and toss everything together then pour into pan. Not as pretty, but it works.
Sprinkle top or layers with nuts (this of course ups the cost)
Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.
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What a great recipe. I can’t wait to try it. I wonder if this would work with 100 % bread. I guess I’ll have to try it out. Thanks for sharing
First, I’ve been reading emails from your site and hadn’t seen your redesign. I love it!
This recipe looks terrific. I have a sort of similar one that uses cream cheese, but this looks like it would be a lot healthier.
Thanks!
This look great! I think I may add it to my breakfast for dinner plan. Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
I think wheat bread would work fine-it just might give it a slightly different flavor.
Thanks for posting this! I’m totally excited about it. I’ve got friends coming into town this weekend and this will be perfect for breakfast on Saturday or Sunday morning!
I’m so glad you guys like this recipe! Please pop back in and let me know how it turned out.
This sounds great!
It really is yummy!
Jen,
Finally posting a comment after making this 3 times. I love it… it’s about the only way I can get a hot breakfast going in the morning for my kids
Thanks!
Linsey Knerl
Glad you all liked it! It really is uber easy & tasty.
Made this recipe last night for a brunch this morning and I LOVED it!!! It was delicious and I absolutely loved that I could make it last night and just bake it this morning because I have two young kids who hate me being in the kitchen. I used one loaf of texas toast because I had it in the freezer and it turned out great. I didn’t even need to really add any syrup because it was sweet enough without it but maybe next time will put a little fresh whipped cream on top when serving it. Thank you so much for this awesome recipe! I know I’m going to use it often!
This is a great recipe, also good when you add some raisins.
Well, it is in the fridge and I am on my way to bed. I hope it is as amazing as it looks!
Sooooo! How did you like it?
Just getting ready to whip this up for New Year’s Day breakfast…can’t wait. Looked at many other recipes and this looked like the best! Thanks
I have this in the fridge and it already looks great! I can’t wait to suprise my husband with this for breakfast tomorrow since he is working all night tonight.
I made this recipe for our family brunch. I made it with regular bread and also with wheat bread. Everyone loved it. Thanks so much.
Diane-I’m so glad your family enjoyed it!
Oh my this is sooo good. I tried this recipe, because it doesn’t call for French Bread which I never have and is too expensive for me. I assembled it late last night, popped it in the fridge, and baked it off this morning. Heavenly! Next time, I’m making a double recipe so that I can have leftovers!
So glad you enjoyed it. It is such a perfect breakfast when you need to feed a group first thing.