peach upside-down french toast

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 (29 ounce) can sliced peaches, drained,reserve liquid for syrup
• 1 loaf french bread, unsliced
• 6 beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/3 cup orange juice

Recipe

• 1 melt margarine in a small saucepan; stir in brown sugar& water.
• 2 cook, stirring gently until thickened.
• 3 pour into well greased 10x15 or 9x 13 pan.
• 4 drain peaches& reserve liquid, place peaches on top of cooled sugar mixture in pan.
• 5 slice french bread into 1" thick slices& place slices over peaches, filling all the gaps.
• 6 mix eggs, vanilla,& milk and pour over bread.
• 7 cover& refrigerate overnight.
• 8 in the morning, uncover& bake@ 350 for 40 minutes.
• 9 cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto serving tray.
• 10 for peach syrup: mix reserved peach liquid with cornstarch& stir over low heat until thickened add juice.
• 11 serve warm.