Overnight Croissant French Toast Food

CROISSANT BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Using cooking spray, grease a 13x9-in. baking dish and set aside. , Slice croissants in half lengthwise. , In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, vanilla paste, cinnamon, orange zest and maple syrup. Submerge croissant halves in liquid until completely soaked. Arrange croissants in baking dish, overlapping slightly if necessary. Bake 25-30 minutes.

OVERNIGHT CROISSANT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Spray a 13 x 9-in. baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, orange zest, maple syrup, and salt together. Submerge croissant halves in liquid until completely soaked.
• Arrange croissants in the prepared baking dish, overlapping slightly if necessary. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• When ready to bake, remove dish from fridge and sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°. Bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden brown.
• Serve with berries, whipped cream and maple syrup. Serves 6.

CROISSANT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl, mix eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla. Wisk until well combined.
• With large teflon pan over medium heat, add one ounce of clarified butter. Then take one croissant at a time and dredge in egg mixture and grill cutside down first for approximately 3 minutes. Then carefully flip with a spatula. Do not press the croissant. After all croissants are cooked carefully shingle each croissant on a serving plate. Cover with a handful of fresh berries.

CROISSANT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• For the blackberry syrup: In a saucepan, combine the blackberries, sugar and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a gentle boil and cook for 5 minutes on low. Stir in the cornstarch, then continue cooking, using a whisk or spoon to mash the larger pieces of blackberries. Remove from the heat when it's nice and thick.
• For the croissant French toast: Split the croissants in half through the middle.
• In a bowl, whisk together the half-and-half, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and eggs. Dunk each croissant half into the mixture so that it's fully coated. Set the pieces aside on a plate.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over low heat, then melt a small amount of butter in it. Add as many croissant halves as will fit, cut-side down, then increase the heat very slightly (don't go above medium low). Allow the pieces to cook on the first side for 3 to 4 minutes. Move them around in the skillet a bit to make sure they don't burn. When they're deep golden brown on the bottom, flip them to the other side and let them cook for another 2 minutes or so. Remove from the pan and cook the rest of the croissant halves.
• Serve a top and bottom piece together with butter, warm blackberry syrup and maple syrup, strawberries and whipped cream.

FRENCH TOAST CROISSANT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Butter casserole dish.
• Cube 10 fresh croissants in large pieces.
• Whisk eggs, milk, vanilla, brown sugar, spices, orange peel, salt.
• Pour egg mixture over croissants, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Next day, preheat oven 350°F.
• Toast pecans in dry pan until lightly browned and toasted.
• Sprinkle nuts over cold casserole.
• Dot with diced butter.
• Bake uncovered 350F 30-35 minutes.
• Allow to sit for 5 minutes then drizzle with warm maple syrup.
• To make warm maple syrup boil a pan of water.
• Take boiling water off heat and place maple syrup bottle in hot water for 15 minutes.
• Serve with maple syrup or powdered sugar or fresh strawberries macerated in sugar.