Overnight French CinnamonToast Casserole

Overnight Cinnamon French Toast

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We had a family sleepover last weekend and one of my favorite things to do is bake for my family in the morning! I have been dying to try this recipe. We had Italian bread at dinner so we definitely had some leftover to make this tasty breakfast dish. This recipe was adapted from Ree Drummond’s http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/cinnamon-baked-french-toast-recipe/index.html. One of my favorite things to do is alter recipes so of course I made a few changes and it turned out beautifully!

Yields 12 servings

French Toast Ingredients:
1 cup of egg substitute
4 eggs
1/4 cup of heavy cream
1/4 cup fat free half and half
2 cups of skim milk
One loaf of crusty italian bread (torn into one inch pieces)
1/2 cup of sugar or (Splenda for baking)
1/2 brown sugar
2 TB of pure vanilla
1/2 tsp Vietnamese Cinnamon

Topping Ingredients;
1/2 cup AP Flour
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp Vietnamese Cinnamon
A pinch of ground nutmeg
1 stick of unsalted Butter (cubed)

1. Place all that the cute and bread into a 9 x 13 pan sprayed with Pam are cooking spray.

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2. Place all of the wet ingredients in the into a bowl mix well.

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3. Pour the wet ingredients over the bread evenly.

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4. Sprinkle with half a teaspoon of cinnamon and wrap in foil and let sit in the refrigerator overnight.

5. In morning preheat oven to 350.
Prepare topping mixture in a small bowl using hands.

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6. Sprinkle evenly over top of soaked bread dish.

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7. Bake for one hour and uncovered

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You can enjoy this with some fresh berries! You don’t even need any maple syrup.