Are you looking for anEasy Overnight French Toast Bake Recipe to make for your family? A French Toast casserole is a huge staple for my children during the holidays – especially on Christmas – and this recipe is a go-to favorite for sure.
While most casseroles require some heavy lifting, this french toast bake does not. This breakfast consists of cinnamon, bread, eggs, vanilla, sugar, and milk. All staple items you probably have in your house right now.
An overnight french toast bake is simple and truly doesn’t need any additional sides to serve along with it. However, sometimes my husband likes to have an egg or two with this dish.
We love to make breakfast casseroles at home. I love to prepare this oven baked french toast casserole dish during the colder months because who doesn’t love to wake up to a warm breakfast when it’s snowing?
Anticipate about 15 minutes of prep time to get your ingredients ready and set in your casserole dish. Are you ready to get into what you need to get started? Let’s do this.
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Easy French Toast Bake Ingredients:
- 2 loaves, french bread
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
French Toast Bake Recipe Topping
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
How To Make Overnight French Toast Casserole
Grease a 9×13 pan with nonstick cooking spray, Cut bread into 1″ cubes and place into prepared pan. In a mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, sugar,and vanilla. Whisk until combined well. Carefully pour over bread, trying to cover each piece with the egg mixture.
Gently press bread into the liquid. Cover and refrigerate overnight or continue with the steps to add topping and bake.
How To Make Overnight French Toast:
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Add brown sugar, flour, cinnamon,and salt to a bowl and mix well. Use a pastry blender to cut in butter until it’s in small chunks. Mix well.
Sprinkle topping on top of french toast and continue to bake, or cover and refrigerate overnight until ready to bake. Note: You can cut in cold butter with a pastry blender as well. It will just take a little more elbow grease and extra time to mix.
When ready to bake: If refrigerated, remove from refrigerator and sprinkle topping over bread. Preheat oven to 350 and bake, uncovered for 45-55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve with syrup if desired. Serves 8-10.
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What’s The Secret To French Toast Bake?
Let’s just pretend that you forgot to prepare this overnight french toast casserole the night before, but everyone is still begging for your French Toast Bake. Guess what? You can STILL MAKE IT!
It will still taste fabulous. I’m not even sure there will be a kitchen protest at the end of it all.
If you are in a pinch, just make this recipe right on the spot – and BAKE IT. Don’t worry about letting it soak overnight. Give it about 15 minutes and then pop it in the oven. You will all survive! 🙂
Easy Overnight French Toast Bake Recipe
Yield: 12
Prep Time: 1 day
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 day 55 minutes
Ingredients
- * 2 loaves, french bread
- * 8 eggs
- * 2 cups whole milk
- * 1/2 cup white sugar
- * 1 teaspoon vanilla
- French Toast Bake Recipe Topping:
- * 1/2 cup brown sugar
- * 1/2 cup flour
- * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- * 1/2 cup butter, softened
Instructions
Grease a 9x13 pan with nonstick cooking spray, Cut bread into 1" cubes and place into prepared pan.
In a mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, sugar,and vanilla. Whisk until combined well. Carefully pour over bread, trying to cover each piece with the egg mixture.
Gently press bread into the liquid. Cover and refrigerate overnight or continue with the steps to add topping and bake.
How To Make Overnight French Toast:
Add brown sugar, flour, cinnamon,and salt to a bowl and mix well. Use a pastry blender to cut in butter until it's in small chunks. Mix well.
Sprinkle topping on top of french toast and continue to bake, or cover and refrigerate overnight until ready to bake. Note: You can cut in cold butter with a pastry blender as well. It will just take a little more elbow grease and extra time to mix.
When ready to bake: If refrigerated, remove from refrigerator and sprinkle topping over bread.
Preheat oven to 350 and bake, uncovered for 45-55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve with syrup if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 269Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 159mgSodium: 256mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 8g
This doesn't include the extra syrup you might want to pour on top.
How To Reheat French Toast Bake:
I would not put this in the microwave. I mean – I’m not going to tell you what to do, but if you are ASKING me then I will suggest youreheatwhatever you’d like at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until warmed through.
WHAT IS THE BEST TYPE OF BREAD TO USE?
When deciding which bread to use for your breakfast french bake casserole, consider choosing either French bread, Challah Bread or Brioche Bread. You could also use Italian bread if need be.
How To Dry Out Your Bread
You really need to use stale bread when making french toast bake. This will ensure that your dish isn’t soggy.
You can wait for your bread to become stale on its own – which is what I usually do. This is really easy for me to do because I always have stale bread in my house. LOL! Or you can bake the bread a bit to dry it out.
If you need to bake your bread to dry it out, heat up your oven to about 300 degrees and cook your bread for about 15-20 minutes.
What Can I Add To This Recipe To Spruce It Up?
For fun, we’ve added fruit like blueberries, bananas, and strawberries to give it a sweet twist. On special occasions, we’ve also added slivers of almonds. The choice is yours!
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