French Toast Casserole

French Toast Casserole

Breakfast
40 min
382 kcal / serving

Make your mornings special with this easy French Toast Casserole. It has everything you love about traditional French Toast, and is baked all in one pan!

Ingredients

  • ½a loaf of french bread ((about 8 oz) cut into cubes)
  • ½ cupbutter
  • 1 cuppacked brown sugar
  • 6eggs
  • 2 cupsmilk
  • 2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoonscinnamon (divided)
  • 1 tablespoonbrown sugar (for topping)
  • powdered sugar for topping (optional)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Butter a 13x9 inch baking pan and set aside.

  2. 2

    In a small sauce pan, melt butter over medium heat. Once butter has melted, stir in brown sugar until dissolved and mixture is smooth. Pour mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 pan and spread evenly.

  3. 3

    Add bread cubes to the pan, spreading over the top of the brown sugar/butter mixture.

  4. 4

    In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, and 1 tsp of cinnamon. Pour egg mixture over the top of bread cubes, insuring that all pieces of bread are saturated. Sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.

  5. 5

    Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until top is golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired. Enjoy!