Description
This French Toast Casserole can be made ahead of time, or the morning of. Topped with streusel, it’s a great way to start any morning!
Ingredients
- FOR THE FRENCH TOAST:
- 1 loaf Crusty French Bread
- 8 whole Large Eggs
- 2 cups Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cups Brown Sugar
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoons Ground Ginger
- FOR THE STREUSEL:
- 4 ounces, fluid Unsalted Cold Butter
- ½ cups Brown Sugar
- ½ cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 dash Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
Preparation
Grease a 9×13″ baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350ºF if baking immediately.
Cut bread into 1″ chunks and place in prepared baking pan.
In a large bowl, combine eggs, milk, vanilla, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and ginger and whisk well. Pour evenly over bread.
At this point you can let it soak overnight in the refrigerator to easily pop in the oven the next morning, or you can just go ahead and bake it. If you are going to bake it right away, make the streusel and then following baking instructions. If you are going to refrigerate it overnight, wait until the morning to make the streusel before putting it in the oven.
To make the streusel, combine butter, brown sugar, flour, nutmeg, and salt in a food processor and pulse until resembling fine crumbs. Sprinkle over casserole.
If baking it after refrigerating it overnight, let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before putting it in the oven.
Bake for 45-55 minutes in preheated 350ºF oven, until it puffs up and top is golden brown. If you find the top is browning too quickly, place aluminum foil over the top and finish the baking. Let it sit for 10 minutes before digging in. Enjoy!
