Overnight Maple French Toast

Total Time: 360 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 360 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• crisco original nonstick cooking spray
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup hungry jack microwave ready butter-flavor maple-flavor syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 10 slices french bread (sliced 1-inch thick)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• cinnamon (optional)
• ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1 1/4 cups sliced strawberries
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 spray 13x9-inch pan with no-stick cooking spray.
• 2 combine brown sugar, syrup and butter in small saucepan, over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, just until it begins to boil; remove from heat.
• 3 pour evenly in bottom of prepared pan.
• 4 arrange bread slices to fill pan in a single layer.
• 5 combine eggs, milk, vanilla and salt in large bowl beating with a wire whisk until smooth.
• 6 pour evenly over bread in pan.
• 7 sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg, if desired.
• 8 cover. refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• 9 heat oven to 350°f
• 10 uncover pan.
• 11 bake 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 12 remove to cooling rack for 5 minutes to allow to set up.
• 13 top with sliced strawberries.
• 14 sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 15 serve immediately.