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French toast bake

Course Breakfast

Ingredients
  

  • loaf white bread
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 c milk
  • ½ c heavy whipping cream
  • ¾ c sugar
  • 1 TB vanilla extract
  • Topping
  • ½ c all-purpose flour
  • ½ c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ c butter cold cut into pieces

Instructions
 

  • Cut loaf into cubes and place evenly in a greased 9×13 pan.
  • In a bowl, mix together eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour evenly over bread.
  • Cover your pan with Saran Wrap and refrigerate overnight.
  • Mix together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl.
  • Cut in butter with this mixture until crumbly and place in a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight as well.
  • Take pan and Ziploc out when ready to bake. Sprinkle crumbly mixture evenly over the bread.
  • Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how soft you like it. Merry Christmas serve with fresh fruit and syrup

Notes

Make the night before
Keyword Holiday
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