Magda's Creme Caramel French Toast

Total Time: 24 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 loaf multi grain bread, sliced (slightly stale bread is great for this recipe)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a small heavy saucepan melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring until smooth and bubbly.
• 2 pour into an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• 3 cut bread into smaller slices or pieces and arrange upright (crust side down) over the brown sugar mixture.
• 4 fill the entire bottom of the dish with tightly packed bread.
• 5 whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla and salt.
• 6 pour mixture over the bread.
• 7 push the bread into the mixture with the back of a spoon.
• 8 cover and refrigerate overnight or for up to 24 hours.
• 9 in the morning, remove the chilled dish from the refrigerator, remove cover, push the bread sown into the mixture again and set on counter for a half hour to an hour.
• 10 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 11 bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until the bread is golden on top and a knife inserted into the casserole comes out clean.
• 12 serve immediately.
• 13 to serve, lift pieces out and flip onto plates. this will give a wonderful sauce that works beautifully instead of maple syrup.