Overnight Pecan French Toast Food

PRALINE PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk eggs, half-and-half, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until mixture is smooth and brown sugar has dissolved. Pour 1 cup egg mixture into prepared baking dish. Arrange slices of French bread into baking dish and pour remaining egg mixture evenly over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; mix 3/4 cup brown sugar and maple syrup into butter, stirring until smooth. Bring syrup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir pecans into syrup. Spoon pecan praline syrup evenly over French toast casserole.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 30 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR PECAN OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cut bread into 1-inch cubes and place in a 9x13-inch baking pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon.
• Pour over bread in prepared pan; set aside.
• In another bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, salt, butter and cinnamon using a fork or pastry cutter until crumbs begin to form.
• Sprinkle mixture on top of the bread then top with chopped pecans.
• Cover and store in fridge overnight.
• The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake, uncovered, for 40-45 minutes, or until the center is set and bread is golden brown.
• Cut into pieces and serve with maple syrup.

PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla and salt; pour over bread. Let stand for 10 minutes, turning once. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and corn syrup; cook over medium heat until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish; sprinkle with pecans. Top with bread. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 160°, 30-35 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter. Serve immediately.

OVERNIGHT PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish, combine the eggs, cream and vanilla. Add bread slices; soak for 5 minutes. Turn bread over; cover and refrigerate overnight., In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and pecans. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with bread. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

OVERNIGHT CARAMEL PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Grease a 9" x 13" pan.
• Over low heat, combine the brown sugar, light corn syrup, butter, and whipping cream in a medium saucepan.
• Keeping the heat on low (letting it get too hot is bad - and don't let it boil!), stir constantly until the butter is melted and the ingredients are smooth.
• Remove from heat and add 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla.
• Pour the warm caramel mixture into a 9" x 13" pan.
• Sprinkle the pecans over the top.
• In a large bowl, beat together the milk, eggs, salt, the other 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, and cinnamon.
• Dip the bread into the egg mixture, making sure each piece is well-coated. You want to soak up all of the mixture with your six or seven slices of bread.
• Lay the bread in the pan, over the caramel and pecan mixture.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• It's morning! Ready for some breakfast? Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Remove the cover from the pan and bake for 20 minutes, until the bottom is bubbling and the toast is golden brown.
• Let stand for a couple of minutes, then invert onto a platter.
• Eat right away!

BAKED BLUEBERRY-PECAN FRENCH TOAST WITH BLUEBERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Cut twenty 1-inch slices from baguette and arrange in one layer in baking dish. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla, and 3/4 cup brown sugar and pour evenly over bread. Chill mixture, covered, until all liquid is absorbed by bread, at least 8 hours, and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a shallow baking pan spread pecans evenly and toast in middle of oven until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Toss pecans in pan with 1 teaspoon butter and salt.
• Increase temperature to 400°F.
• Sprinkle pecans and blueberries evenly over bread mixture. Cut 1/2 stick butter into pieces and in a small saucepan heat with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring, until butter is melted. Drizzle butter mixture over bread and bake mixture 20 minutes, or until any liquid from blueberries is bubbling.
• Make syrup while French toast is baking:
• In a small saucepan cook blueberries and maple syrup over moderate heat until berries have burst, about 3 minutes. Pour syrup through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher, pressing on solids, and stir in lemon juice. Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat syrup before serving.
• Serve French toast with syrup.

BAKED PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place the eggs, milk, sugar, nutmeg or cinnamon and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
• Mist the bottom of a 12 by 8-inch glass casserole with vegetable oil spray or brush with melted butter.
• Place the bread slices in a single layer in the pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over the bread, distributing it evenly.
• Turn the bread slices once.
• Cover the pan with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.
• The next morning, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Remove the pan from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap.
• Sprinkle the bread slices with pecans and drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bread slices puff up and pecans are deep brown but not burned.
• Serve warm with maple syrup.
• Instead of a cup of milk, use 2/3 cup orange juice and 1/3 cup of the milk.
• You can vary this further by adding a little grated orange zest with the pecans before baking.

ORANGE-PECAN FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup; pour into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over sugar mixture.
• Combine rind and next 7 ingredients (rind through eggs); stir with a whisk.
• Arrange bread slices over pecans in dish; pour egg mixture over bread.
• Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Carefully turn bread slices over to absorb excess egg mixture.
• Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes.
• Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until lightly browned.

OVERNIGHT PECAN PRALINE BAKED FRENCH TOAST RECIPE

Steps:

• SLICE FRENCH BREAD INTO 20 SLICES, 1-INCH EACH. (USE ANY EXTRA BREAD FOR GARLIC TOAST OR BREAD CRUMBS). ARRANGE SLICES IN A GENEROUSLY BUTTERED 9 BY 13-INCH FLAT BAKING DISH IN 2 ROWS, OVERLAPPING THE SLICES.
• IN A LARGE BOWL, COMBINE THE EGGS, HALF-AND-HALF, MILK, SUGAR, VANILLA, CINNAMON, 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.
• THE NEXT DAY, PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F.
• SPREAD PRALINE TOPPING EVENLY OVER THE BREAD AND BAKE FOR 40 MINUTES, UNTIL PUFFED AND LIGHTLY GOLDEN. SERVE WITH MAPLE SYRUP.
• PRALINE TOPPING INSTRUCTIONS:
• COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS IN A MEDIUM BOWL AND BLEND WELL. MAKES ENOUGH FOR BAKED FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE.

OVERNIGHT PRALINE FRENCH TOAST RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, add the eggs, half & half, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pinch of salt. Whisk to combine.
• Line bread in a greased 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) baking dish, overlapping slightly.
• Pour the egg mixture over the bread.
• Cover the baking dish in foil and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• In a bowl, add the butter, brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir to combine.
• Remove the baking dish from the refrigerator and remove the foil. Top the French toast with the praline, and place foil back on
• Bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil, and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until puffed and slightly golden.
• Serve with maple syrup.
• Enjoy!

CARAMEL-PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves.
• Pour brown sugar mixture into an ungreased 13 by 9-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 bread slices in brown sugar mixture, cutting slices as necessary to fit in dish. Sprinkle raisins and 3/4 cup pecans evenly over bread. Top with remaining bread slices.
• Whisk together eggs, next 4 ingredients, and 1 cup cream. Pour egg mixture over bread slices in baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Beat remaining 1/2 cup whipping cream until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until soft peaks form.
• Divide French toast evenly among individual serving plates. Top each serving with whipped cream; drizzle with maple syrup, and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup pecans. Serve with bacon, if desired.

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place bread slices in a generously greased 9x13-inch baking dish, overlapping the slices.
• Place eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl and mix thoroughly with a rotary beater or whisk. Pour mixture over bread, making sure all slices are moistened. Cover and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

CINNAMON BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• For the French toast: Grease the baking pan with butter. Tear the bread into chunks, or cut into cubes, and evenly distribute in the pan. Crack the eggs in a big bowl. Whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Pour evenly over the bread. Cover the pan tightly and store in the fridge until needed (overnight preferably).
• For the topping: Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and some nutmeg in a separate bowl. Stir together using a fork. Add the butter and with a pastry cutter, and mix it all together until the mixture resembles fine pebbles. Store in a re-sealable plastic bag in the fridge.
• When you're ready to bake the casserole, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the casserole from the fridge and sprinkle the topping over the top. Bake for 45 minutes for a softer, more bread pudding texture or for 1 hour or more for a firmer, crisper texture.
• Scoop out individual portions. Top with butter and drizzle with warm pancake syrup and sprinkle with blueberries.

PECAN PIE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• For the french toast: Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with butter or nonstick spray. Cut the bread into 16 slices, about 1-inch thick.
• In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, cream, sugars, cinnamon and vanilla. Dip slices of bread, four at a time, in the egg mixture. Let each slice rest in the mixture for 1 minute per side (2 minutes total). Once soaked, place the slices in the baking dish, shingling them slightly. Continue until all of the bread has been soaked. Pour any remaining egg mixture over top of the bread and let rest while you make the topping.
• For the topping: Roughly chop the pecans, leaving some whole. Combine the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and maple syrup. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from the heat and stir in the pecans. Place spoonfuls of the mixture all over the top of the bread. Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 25-30 more minutes, until the egg custard is set and the topping is golden brown. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
• Cut into squares and serve with a drizzle of syrup from the bottom of the pan.