French Toast Casserole

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 cups stale bread, cubed
• 8 eggs
• 3 cups milk
• 2 -3 tablespoons sugar (i omit if using a sweet bread)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (omit if using cinnamon bread)

Recipe

• 1 place bread cubes in a greased 13x9 in baking dish.
• 2 beat eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and salt if using.
• 3 pour mixture evenly over bread cubes.
• 4 press down slightly on bread to even out in pan, cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• 5 remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. (original recipe called for dotting with 2t. butter, and a cinnamon-sugar topping i omit this, adding all the cinnamon and some sugar to the egg mixture).
• 6 cover and bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. let stand 5 minutes.
• 7 serve with syrup if desired.
• 8 enjoy!