Brunch Baked French Toast

  4.8 – 138 reviews  

With pancakes or French toast, this is fantastic!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 3 eggs, beaten
  2. 1 cup milk
  3. ¼ teaspoon salt
  4. ½ cup butter, softened
  5. ⅔ cup brown sugar
  6. 1 (16 ounce) loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch slices
  7. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Whisk eggs, milk, and salt together in a bowl; pour into a shallow dish. Soak bread slices in egg mixture until saturated.
  3. Spread softened butter over the bottom of a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over the butter. Arrange bread slices onto sugar in a single layer; sprinkle with cinnamon.
  4. Bake in preheated oven until beginning to firm, 25 to 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 751 kcal
Carbohydrate 104 g
Cholesterol 189 mg
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 20 g
Saturated Fat 17 g
Sodium 1128 mg
Sugars 42 g
Fat 30 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Daniel Meza
Easy to make. My kids loved it! We love cinnamon, so we added more when we sprinkled it on.
Sean Glover PhD
Made like it said, was short on bread so used egg wash poured over top. Like a souffle
Elizabeth Collins
really good smelled good and ate it fast 10 out of 10
Laura Gardner
I substituted Stollen for the french bread. The loaf was 32 ounces. I doubled the eggs, milk and salt while keeping the remaining ingredients as directed. It brought out the flavors of the homemade stollen which had dried fruits. Definitely a recipe to keep.
Alexandria Hogan
I liked how quick and easy it was
Brittany Reed
I thought this turned out great. I am not sure about the bread amount but I just dipped bread until I ran out. It made about 14 slices of skinny French bread pieces. We loved it.
Melanie Warren
I doubled the sugar and cinnamon mixture and added ground ginger to it as well. I also added 1/2 a teaspoon of almond extract and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the custard mixture. It was a big hit! Will definitely make this again.
Philip Cunningham
Easy. I did not mess it up. Liked it exactly as written.
Edward Richardson MD
I followed the original directions, except I used less butter (about 1/3 of a stick) and less brown sugar (about 1/2 cup) to make it a little healthier. I used 8 large slices of “Italian” bread from the bread aisle. I really loved it! Thanks!
Melissa Hale
Wow this is good! I added about 3/4 of a tsp of real vanilla and a tsp of cinnamon to the egg mix plus the usual cinnamon on top. I made extra egg mix like others suggested but it was wasted so I’ll stick with the recipe next time. Oh and half light cream/half skim milk. Everyone in my family went back for seconds and the whole pan is now gone. This is definitely a keeper recipe!
Melanie Khan
OMG!!!! This was easy and incredible. I used store brought italian bread that I cut into thick slices. My husband didnt think much of it until he took a bite. He typically likes french toast made with challah bread which I have not seen here in NCarolina. I made cream cheese icing to go on this toast and topped with fresh strawberries and bananas. Only change I made to the recipe was I added vanilla. I also baked on 375. Made this for Father’s day and our daddy had 5 huge slices. So great to be able to just bake all your toast right in the oven, crispy on the outside and moist and soft inside, so good-it took regular french toast to a special “fancy” level, very much enjoyed!!
Terry Black
I used 6 slices of Texas toast.
Margaret Frazier
The whole family enjoyed this—major victory! I followed the recipe exactly except to ladle the egg mixture over the bread after it was in the pan rather than soaking it in a shallow dish. I thought my kids might insist on syrup because that’s what they’re used to, but the sugary buttery coating was enough. I love that the whole batch cooks at once so the whole family can eat together.
Robert Perry
Absolutely phenomenal! I added vanilla extract to the egg mixture, as several people suggested. I may try some pecans next time too for some crunch. All in all, outstanding, and almost shockingly easy!
Stacy Reese
It was delicious! A perfect meal to make on Christmas that didn’t take a lot of time in the kitchen. My family said it is a keeper. I would have added vanilla to the egg/milk mixture (I will do that next time). I used cinnamon sugar instead of just cinnamon Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
Christopher Palmer
Wonderful. Followed recipe exactly.
Richard Peters
I only used half the amount of butter, added the vanilla per someone else’s suggestion and just sprinkled on the brown sugar. My husband and one year old loved it!!
Brett Thompson
Absolutely wonderful! So nice to have a baked french toast recipe you don’t have to make the night before. I used leftover french baguette and I only changed using a mixture of milk/half & half instead of only milk. It was almost like having dessert, lol. No need for syrup. Did not get dry at all. Cannot wait to make this over and over again….. WOW!
Sarah Willis
It was just Great!!
Joseph Peck
Outstanding hit for Mother’s Day brunch.
Alicia Steele
So good!!! What a great and easy thing to make on a lovely Sunday morning!!! I will certainly make this again!

 

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