Baked French Toast

Last week our ward had a barbecue and we ended up with all the leftover hamburger buns, so we had French toast for dinner tonight!  Only I wasn't in the mood to watch the stove, so I thought I'd try baked French toast. I found this recipe from www.nashvillefork.com and also used a picture from that website since I didn't think to take my own :)

Baked French Toast (from nashvillfork.com, with some alterations)

Ingredients:

5 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

1/2 tablespoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (I used a dash of cinnamon + dash of all-spice instead)

1 teaspoon vanilla

cinnamon sugar to taste

Directions:

1. Mix together eggs, milk, sugar, salt, nutmeg (or substitute) and vanilla.

2. Lay slices of bread in a greased 9x13 pan. (better with thick and/or crusty bread)

3. Pour the egg mixture.

4. Generously sprinkle cinnamon sugar on both sides of the bread.

5. Let bread soak in the egg mixture. 

(I don't like super mushy French toast and soaked mine for an hour -> perfect!)

6. Bake at 425 for about 10 minutes per side.

7. Don't freak out after the first ten minutes if it looks gross and mushy.

Serve with:

syrup

fruit

whipped cream

other tasty toppings

We ate ours with apples that I cooked on the stove in a little bit of brown sugar and cinnamon sugar. Yum! And way easier than stovetop French toast!

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