French Toast Bake with Cinnamon Streusel

This straightforward French toast bake is ideal for holidays and easy sufficient for an each day breakfast. Make it the evening earlier than and bake within the morning!

Get prepared for the yummiest French toast bake ever! This pleasant model has a custard-y (however not soggy!) French toast base topped with a candy cinnamon streusel. It’s wonderful!

Easy French Toast Bake

I’m all the time a bit doubtful with regards to French Toast, as a result of I’m mentally and tastefully allergic to soggy bread.

However, I’ve discovered that I can actually love a smooth, custard-like French Toast casserole if it’s also sturdy with the right ratio of bread to liquid.

In order to realize the right baked French Toast with nary a soggy bread backside in sight, listed below are some tips:

1. Stick to the egg/milk/bread tips within the recipe.
2. Refrigerate the casserole for a minimum of 4 hours or as much as 12 hours.
3. Bake even only a few minutes longer than you may suppose.

Now, if you happen to don’t thoughts extra-soft French Toast, by all means, do your French Toast thang and alter as wanted. But in case you are like me and wish all of the happiness of French Toast with out the soggy bread issue, all the main points within the recipe will aid you get there.

The Best Bread for French Toast Bake

For this recipe, you need about 10 to 12 thick slices of bread. By thick, I imply about 1-inch slices. And by bread, I imply any of the next varieties:

• French bread
• cinnamon or cinnamon-swirl bread
• brioche bread
• Texas Toast
• croissants

My disclaimer for the croissants are that they gained’t take in the liquid fairly in addition to they different kinds of bread and should end in a softer French Toast casserole (however the trade-off is a decadent, buttery French toast layer that’s terribly scrumptious).

Cinnamon Streusel on Top

The base of the French toast bake has a touch of sweetness.

The cinnamon streusel is a little more candy, however not overly so.

The mixture is a breakfast bake that’s candy sufficient, in my view, to forego the necessity for syrup.

However, in case your definition of sweetness and my definition of sweetness differs (and it possible will 😉), you may simply modify the quantity of sugar within the egg combination to sweeten up the casserole a bit extra.

Or, serve with a drizzle of syrup or dusting of powdered sugar.

A Perfect Holiday Breakfast

Because this breakfast dish may be (and must be) assembled forward of time, it makes a terrific choice for when you’ve firm or you might be low on time however want form of a “big deal” breakfast.

For somebody (me!) that hasn’t been the most important French toast fan prior to now, this baked French toast is a game-changer. The buttery candy crunch of the streusel with the smooth, creamy French toast is phenomenal.

I like serving this French toast bake with a smattering of recent berries. It’s an additional particular breakfast with minimal effort, and I can’t assist however smile about that.

French Toast Bake with Cinnamon Streusel

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hr

Total Time: 1 hour hr 25 minutes minutes

French Toast:

• 10 to 12 thick slices French bread, cinnamon bread, brioche bread or Texas Toast (see observe)
• 5 massive eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• ¾ cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅓ to ½ cup granulated sugar
• Pinch desk salt

Cinnamon Streusel:

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup packed gentle brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon floor cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• Fresh berries, powdered sugar, syrup, for serving (elective)

• Lightly grease a 9X13-inch baking pan. Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes (kind of; it does not should be precise). You’ll need about 8 to 9 cups of flippantly packed bread cubes. Scatter the bread cubes within the ready pan. They will not essentially be in a single layer, however they need to be evenly distributed.

• Blend or whisk collectively the eggs, milk, heavy cream, vanilla and salt. Pour the combination evenly over the bread.

• Cover the dish and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours or as much as 12 hours.

• For the streusel, in a small bowl, stir collectively the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add the melted butter and stir till the butter and dry components are evenly blended and small clumps kind. Refrigerate till able to bake the French toast.

• Preheat the oven to 350 levels F.

• Sprinkle the streusel evenly throughout the highest of the French toast. Bake, uncovered, for 55 to 60 minutes (kind of, relying on how “well done” you need the French toast). If the topping begins to brown too rapidly whereas baking, place foil loosely throughout the highest of the pan and proceed baking till the French toast is completed to your liking.

• Serve heat with recent berries, a sprinkle of powdered sugar and/or a drizzle of syrup.

Bread: you’ll want about one medium-size bread loaf (18 to twenty ounces) for this recipe. If the bread has a thick, exhausting crust, trim it away earlier than reducing into cubes. 

Serving: 1 serving, Calories: 298kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 17g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 158mg, Sodium: 152mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 24g

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Recipe Source: from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe