Baked Pumpkin Brulee French Toast Food

PUMPKIN FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Steps:

• Cut any kind of bread into 1-inch cubes - I recommend a crusty, whole grain variety, but sandwich bread will work, too. Just use enough slice to fill a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking dish quite full.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, pumpkin butter and pie spice until well combined. Pour over bread and push down with a spoon or your hands until it's all soaked and mostly covered. Cover with saran wrap or lid and refrigerate overnight.
• In the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 C), uncover and top with brown sugar, additional pumpkin pie spice and nuts (optional). Bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown and no longer wet.
• Serve immediately with maple syrup, honey or agave nectar. Store leftovers in the refrigerator covered for up to a couple days.

PUMPKIN FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk the eggs, vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, the cloves, nutmeg, and white sugar together in a bowl; beat in the pumpkin until fully incorporated.
• Arrange the bread cubes in a single layer in the prepared baking dish; pour the pumpkin mixture over the bread cubes, and gently toss to coat.
• Stir 1/3 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, flour, and butter together with a fork in a small bowl until the mixture is crumbly; sprinkle over the bread cubes.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown on top, 30 to 40 minutes.

PUMPKIN BREAD FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, place a small amount of butter or oil. Once butter is completely melted or oil is hot, working in batches, dunk Pumpkin Bread in French Toast Egg Custard, completely submerging the bread. Place bread a few pieces at a time in the skillet and cook until the bottom is golden brown, about 5 minutes. With a spatula, flip the bread and cook the other side. The bread is done when both sides are browned and the egg custard is cooked completely through. Repeat until all bread is cooked, adding more butter to skillet as needed.
• Put toast on a plate. Spread Sweet Cream Cheese on the top side of bread. Stack 2 pieces with cream cheese on top of each other, making sure to balance, making 6 servings. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the toast and serving plates or platter. Drizzle Allspice Dulce De Leche over the top of the toast. Top each stack with a candy pumpkin.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a bowl, combine all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon). In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the wet ingredients (eggs, pumpkin, oil and water). Turn mixer on low and mix wet ingredients. While mixer is on, slowly add dry ingredients until incorporated. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Turn off mixer.
• Grease a half sheet pan (18-x-13 inches) and top with greased side extenders.
• Pour in the pumpkin batter, making sure to spread evenly across pan. Lift the pan up and down, tapping it on the counter to remove air pockets and level the mixture.
• Bake for about 20 minutes with a low fan (convection). The bread is finished when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, or the bread springs back when lightly pressed. Cool bread.
• Remove sheet pan side extenders. Cut bread into 4-inch squares with a large knife or square cookie cutter.
• Combine eggs, cream, vanilla and cinnamon in a medium bowl and mix with a whisk. Refrigerate if not using right away.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, mix cream cheese and butter on low speed. While still on low speed, add powdered sugar until completely combined. Add vanilla extract.
• Turn off mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl, making sure all ingredients are in the center of the bowl. Turn on mixer again and mix until all ingredients are incorporated. Refrigerate until needed.
• Combine cream, sugar, baking soda and allspice in a medium saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring continuously, until the mixture is thick enough that you can see the bottom of the pan when stirred, about 1 hour. If the mixture boils over, turn down the heat and continue to mix.
• Remove from the heat and let cool. The sauce should be thick enough when cool to hold its shape.

PUMPKIN BREAD FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• For the pumpkin bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Stir together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin spice, pumpkin puree, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and 1/3 cup water to the pumpkin batter, stirring to combine after each addition. Add the batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Remove from oven, let cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan and cooling completely.
• For the sweet cream cheese filling: Beat together the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, heavy cream, orange zest and vanilla in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until light and fluffy. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• To serve: Slice the pumpkin bread into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 4 slices of pumpkin bread and cook until browned on the edges. Flip and toast on the second side, a couple of minutes total. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and repeat with 4 more slices of the pumpkin bread.
• Place 1 toasted slice of pumpkin bread on a plate. Top with 1/4 cup of the sweet cream cheese, top with second toasted slice of pumpkin bread and another 1/4 cup of sweet cream cheese. Dust with confectioners' sugar and top with a candied pumpkin.

CREME BRULEE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Mix in brown sugar and corn syrup, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Remove crusts from bread, and arrange in the baking dish in a single layer. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, vanilla extract, orange brandy, and salt. Pour over the bread. Cover, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove the dish from the refrigerator, and bring to room temperature.
• Bake uncovered 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until puffed and lightly browned.

PUMPKIN FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 12-by-8-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin puree, condensed milk, regular milk, cinnamon, vanilla, eggs and 1 tablespoon of the melted butter and whisk until combined. Grab a slice of bread and submerge it in the pumpkin custard. Soak with enough custard to cover both sides of the bread, then transfer it to the prepared baking pan. Repeat the process until the bottom of the pan is covered.
• In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar until combined and the cream cheese is clump free; the mixture should be soft and spreadable.
• Spread enough of the cream cheese mixture on top of the bread in the pan to cover all the slices. Soak the remaining bread slices in the remaining custard. Layer them on top of the cream cheese mixture. Combine the pecans, brown sugar and remaining 4 tablespoons melted butter in a bowl. Add a pinch of salt. Top the casserole with the pecan mixture.
• Bake until the top is golden, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.

PUMPKIN CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, heat the cream, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves over medium heat, stirring occasionally, just until it comes to a boil. Immediately turn off the heat and set aside to infuse at least 15 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the granulated sugar. Whisking constantly, gradually pour in the hot cream mixture. Whisk in the pumpkin puree. Pour the mixture into 4 ovenproof ramekins and arrange in a hot water bath. Bake in the center of the oven until almost set but still a bit soft in the center, 30 to 40 minutes. The custard should "shimmy" a bit when you shake the pan; it will firm up more as it cools. Remove from the water bath and let cool 15 minutes. Tightly cover each ramekin with plastic wrap, making sure the plastic does not touch the surface of the custard. Refrigerate at least 2 hours, and up to 24 hours.
• When ready to serve, preheat a broiler to very hot (or fire up your kitchen torch). Uncover the chilled custards. Pour as much coarse sugar as will fit onto the top of 1 of the custards. Pour off the remaining sugar onto the next custard. Repeat until all the custards are coated. Discard any remaining sugar. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet or in a roasting pan and broil until the sugar is melted and well browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Let cool 1 minute before serving.

BAKED PUMPKIN BRULEE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Butter a 10-inch springform pan. Wrap outside with foil. Warm milk, cream and vanilla in pan on medium. Remove from heat. Let sit 20 minutes. Pour into bowl. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Whisk eggs and yolks. Whisk in sugar. Slowly stir into cooled milk mixture. Stir in pumpkin, ginger and salt.
• Dunk bread into custard. Arrange slices in pan, overlapping layers. Slowly pour remainder of mixture into pan. Let sit 30 minutes.
• Place pan inside roasting pan. Fill pan with hot tap water until it reaches about halfway up sides. Bake 90 minutes. During last 10-15 minutes top with 1/4 cup brown sugar, return to oven and raise temperature to 400 degrees F. After 10-15 minutes remove from oven and let cool for 20 minutes. Remove from pan. Garnish with whipped cream.

CRèME BRûLéE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, rum, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Spread bread out in 1 layer on a large rimmed baking sheet (about 11 by 17 inches). Pour custard over bread, cover with plastic wrap, and let soak in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight. Flip bread slices over once while they soak. This can be halfway through the soaking, or about an hour before baking, whichever is more convenient.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together brown sugar and butter. Pour mixture onto another large rimmed baking sheet, using a spatula if necessary to spread into an even layer.
• Transfer soaked bread to sugared baking sheet, placing slices on top of the brown sugar mixture. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until tops are golden brown and sugar is bubbling.
• Serve immediately while still hot, with the crunchy brown sugar side up, spooning more of pan syrup over the top.