Baked French Toast

From Innkeeper Donna Smith
The Goose N Berry Inn
190 North Main Street
Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050

INGREDIENTS:

* 2 cups light brown sugar
* 1 stick butter or margarine
* 4 tablespoons flavoring of choice: vanilla, hazelnut, almond, etc.
* 4 eggs
* 1 3/4 cups milk
* 1 loaf Italian or French Bread cut into 1 inch thick slices
* cinnamon to taste

PREPARATION:
Preheat over to 375 degrees Farenheit.

Place brown sugar into 13 x 8 inch baking dish.

Melt butter or margarine in microwave.

Blend brown sugar, melted butter and 2 tablespoons flavoring until it makes a glaze in bottom of baking dish.

Whisk eggs, milk and remaining flavoring in a shallow bowl until well blended.

Dip each bread slice into egg mixture, soaking both sides.

Set bread on top of brown sugar mixture in baking dish.

Sprinkle evenly with cinnamon to taste.

(At this point you can refrigerate or freeze).

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Flip each slice of bread over so glazed side is up.

Serve hot. Serves 6.

JULIE SAYS:
*oh my*

yummy and very easy.

I reduced the amount of brown sugar because it was, like, a LOT (2 cups!!)

and after I coated the bread there was a TON of egg/milk/vanilla mixture left.

(You literally should buy 2 loaves of bread and plan on making 2 pans of this and freezng the 2nd to have on another day.)

We used French Bread but I think next time we will use the bigger Italian Bread.

BUT IT IS YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!

I put the batch togther in 10 minutes last night, popped it in the fridge overnight, and popped it in the oven when I got up. Really really easy to make - Except for the bread, I had evrything in the pantry already!

IT IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!! No syrup needed because the brown sugar glaze ROCKS!