Bourbon Vanilla French Toast Casserole

Bourbon Vanilla French Toast Casserole

Blue and Gold is coming up and I am helping out by making french toast casserole.  This recipe feeds quite a few and the yummy caramel like sauce on top is sooooo good!

• 1 loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices(I use the skinny bagettes and slice them thin or buy them already sliced off the day old bread rack)
• 6 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons bourbon(we actually had some...gasp! so I put it in, pretty good)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup salted butter
• 1 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Cooking Directions

1. Butter a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.  In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, bourbon and cinnamon. Put bread slices in with the egg mixture and coat thoroughly.. Make sure that the slices are covered with the liquid mixture. Cover and place in the fridge.
2. The next morning, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture. I use a measuring cup to pour it so that I can make sure all the slices are covered.
3. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.