Night Before French Toast Food

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Pour melted butter into an 11x15-inch baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over the butter and top with bread slices, making sure slices are placed close together.
• Mix milk, eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl until thoroughly combined; pour over bread in the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place the covered casserole in the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover, and bake until puffed and lightly golden, about 15 minutes more.

EASY NIGHT BEFORE FRENCH TOAST RAPHAEL

Steps:

• Put half the bread into the bottom of a greased 9 x 11 pan.
• Dot cubed cheese on top.
• Cover with the rest of the bread.
• Combine remaining ingredients and pour over bread mixture.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes in the morning.
• Drizzle with more syrup over top when finished baking.
• Serve while hot.
• Another variation is to add a layer of your favourite fresh fruit.
• (peaches, blueberries, apples)on top the first layer of bread cubes.

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Lightly grease a 9x9" pan.
• Cut or tear bread into 1" cubes and place in pan -- it will be full and that's okay!
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, maple syrup, cinnamon and vanilla. Pour over bread in pan, doing your best to evenly distribute the mixture over the bread.
• Using a spatula, press the bread down into the liquid the best you can.
• Cinnamon Sugar: In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over bread.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Cover (with foil or a lid) and bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Remove cover and bake another 15-20 minutes until set in the middle and top is slightly crispy.
• Glaze: stir together powdered sugar and milk and drizzle over French toast, or serve with syrup, fruit, whipped cream or yogurt as desired.

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Butter a 2-quart baking dish. Butter the front sides of the slices of bread and shingle the slices upright in the dish, overlapping as necessary. Nestle the raisins evenly between the slices of bread but not on top.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and salt until well combined. Pour the milk mixture over the bread and press the bread gently to absorb. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the plastic wrap. Sprinkle the pecans evenly over the top. Bake until puffed, golden and set in the center, 50 to 60 minutes. While baking, if the top begins to get too dark, tent with foil. Let stand 10 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with maple syrup.

NIGHT BEFORE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pan and add brown sugar, stirring frequently.
• Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish (important!) with cooking spray. Pour mixture on the bottom so it's about 1/8-inch thick. Lay the bread slices on top of it.
• Mix together eggs, milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour egg mix over the bread. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• In the morning, preheat the oven to 350°F and uncover the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes. You can serve with topping of your choice. It's already very sweet, so we eat it as is, but it's also good with fruit.
• If you do 'breakfast for dinner', this can be made during the day anytime up to about 2 hours before the cooking time. This will give it time to soak up the egg mixture.

NIGHT BEFORE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
• Cut bread into 1 inch slices and arrange in one layer in bottom of pan.
• Beat eggs with remaining ingredients, except butter, and pour over bread in pan.
• Cover with foil and refrigerate 4-36 hours. To bake, uncover pan, dot with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees in center of oven for 45-50 minutes.
• Remove and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Serve with choice of syrup, honey, yogurt, or fresh fruit.

FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In medium size mixing bowl, whisk together the half-and-half, eggs, honey, and salt. You may do this the night before. When ready to cook, pour custard mixture into a pie pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Dip bread into mixture, allow to soak for 30 seconds on each side, and then remove to a cooling rack that is sitting in a sheet pan, and allow to sit for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a 10-inch nonstick saute pan. Place 2 slices of bread at a time into the pan and cook until golden brown, approximately 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove from pan and place on rack in oven for 5 minutes. Repeat with all 8 slices. Serve immediately with maple syrup, whipped cream or fruit.

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• To make the french toast:
• Spread butter over bottom of heavy large baking pan with 1-inch-high sides. Arrange bread slices in pan. Beat eggs, milk, sugar, syrup, vanilla and salt to blend in large bowl. Pour mixture over bread. Turn bread slices to coat. Cover with plastic and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake French bread 10 minutes. Turn bread over and continue baking until just golden, about 4 minutes longer. Transfer cooked toast to plates and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve immediately, passing Maple-Walnut Syrup separately.
• To prepare maple syrup:
• Combine syrup and walnuts in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to simmer. Serve syrup hot. Makes about 3 cups.

LIGHT NIGHT BEFORE FRENCH TOAST RAPHAEL

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8 pan.
• take 1 1/2 cups of the white bread and 1 1/2 cups whole wheat bread and, alternating, line the bottom of the pan and continue layering until used up (about 2 layers), pressing down and condensing the bread against the pan.
• Dot the cream cheese/fruit over the bread layers, squishing cheese/fruit down slightly.
• Cover with the remaining 1 1/2 cups of white bread and the remaining 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat bread, again alternating so the two types of bread are spread around, again pressing down to create an even top layer.
• Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over bread and cheese.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• In the morning, remove plastic wrap and bake in oven for 45 minutes that has been preheated to 375°F.
• Serve immediately with additional maple syrup. Refrigerate the leftovers.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Grease 8x8 pan.
• In a small saucepan, melt margarine and brown sugar. Pour into baking pan. Place bread on top of the mixture. In a small bowl, beat eggs, milk and cinnamon together. Pour egg mixture over bread. Cover and place in fridge overnight.
• Bake uncovered at 350F for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Serve with syrup and/or fruit. To add extra calories, add extra 2 tablespoons butter or margarine and use whole milk. Brunch/lunch is so easy when made the night before.