Baked Overnight French Toast

The following may just be a new Christmas morning tradition for our family. I love french toast, but hate only being able to make 3-4 at a time, I spend all morning in front of the fry pan. NOT ANYMORE! These bake in the oven, so they are all done at the same time. Very popular with the family too!

Prepare a casserole dish with all the ingredients for this overnight baked french toast recipe and simply bake in the morning for a delicious start to the day. This is an easy baked french toast to serve with syrup, fruit, cream or powdered sugar.

Ingredients

• ¹/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 12 3/4 inch slices French Bread
  
• 6 eggs
• 1 ¹/2 cup milk
• ¹/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¹/2 teaspoon salt
• Powdered sugar
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Instructions

1. Spread butter over bottom of heavy large baking pan with 1 inch sides. Arrange bread sliced in pan.
2. In large bowl beat eggs, milk, sugar, syrup, vanilla and salt to blend. Pour mixture over bread. Turn bread slices to coat. Cover with plastic and refrigerate overnight.
3. In the morning, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake French bread 10 minutes. Turn bread over and continue baking until just golden, about 4 minutes longer. Transfer cooked toast to plates and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve at once with warm maple syrup.