Baked Apple French Toast

Here's another do-ahead breakfast that's great to have when you're entertaining because it has to hit the refrigerator overnight. Really just a glorified bread pudding, we've bragged about it before but it's time for a reminder. After all, aren't the best things worth repeating?

Simply half inch slices of french bread soaked overnight in an egg/milk/maple syrup mixture, it's topped in the  morning with slices of apple and cinnamon sugar and dabbed with butter before hitting the oven to bake just long enough so you've time to cook sausages, set the table and pour mimosas. Our weekend visitors loved it and I'm sure you will too.

Cinnamon Apple French Toast  adapted from Jackson Hole Cooks

8 slices French bread – ½ inch thick

4 eggs

2 cups milk

1/4 cup maple syrup

Spray a 9x13” casserole dish with cooking spray. Arrange bread slices without overlapping. Whisk together eggs with milk and maple syrup. Pour over bread slices. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

3 large granny smith apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin slices

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 400. Arrange the apple slices on top of bread. Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top of apples. Top with butter. Sprinkle with walnuts. Bake for 40 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with maple syrup. Makes 6 servings

Oh...and try this orange flavored version too. It's amazing!

Baked Orange Stuffed French Toast

 

Comments

[Betty Prewitt]

June: I've made this for our birthday brunches and it is always a hit. Glad to see it posted again.

[June]

Betty - so nice to hear from you and thank you for keeping up with our antics. We had snow here yesterday and freezing rain last night so we're hunkered in for a few days. Love it!

[Lorraine]

Well, I was a little distracted by the mention of mimosas, but then I looked back at the picture and forgot all about the booze.

[June]

I think of all the french toast/bread pudding recipes on this site, this might be my favorite. So easy to make and so delicious, especially with pork (bacon or sausage) on the side.