Baked French Toast Casserole with Praline Topping

A delicious, super easy, crowd-pleasing make-ahead, breakfast casserole

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
45 minutes

Breakfast

American

breakfast brunch casserole french toast make-ahead

Instructions

1 Generously butter the bottom of a 9×13 casserole dish.
2 Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch thick each. (Use any extra bread for
garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in the buttered 9X13 casserole
dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.
3 In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half and half, milk, sugar, vanilla, 1/2
teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or
whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices,
making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the
mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
4 The next day, preheat oven to 350 °F. Spread Praline Topping evenly over the
bread and bake for 45 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden.
5 Combine butter, brown sugar, pecans, light corn syrup, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg in a medium bowl and blend well. Spread over bread as
directed above.
6 Combine raspberry preserves, water and liqueur in a small saucepan and place
over medium heat. Stir until warm and thinned out like syrup.