Overnight French Toast Casserole

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 loaf brioche bread (about 1 1/2 pounds) or 1 loaf challah, sliced 1 1/2 inches thick (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• 8 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• powdered sugar, sorghum, cane or maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 combine the melted butter and brown sugar in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• 2 arrange the bread slices in the dish. (it’s fine if they overlap.).
• 3 in a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and salt. pour the mixture over the bread, and let it soak inches.
• 4 top the bread slices evenly with the pecans.
• 5 cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 3 to 12 hours.
• 6 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. in the meantime, take the casserole out of the refrigerator, and let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• 7 bake the casserole until it’s browned and set, 30 to 45 minutes. let it cool slightly on a wire rack. sift confectioners’ sugar over the casserole, and serve it with sorghum, cane, or maple sugar.