Friday, April 15, 2011

Please Cook for Me So I Don't Haveta

Can someone please make this recipe and tell me how fabtastic it is?  My usual breakfast consists of 2 cups of coffee, looking in the fridge and grabbing a string cheese as I go out the door.  This does not fall under that criteria.  Soooo, seeing as I love casseroles but I'm not super huge into this breakfast "fad" I would appreciate it if someone else kindly made this monstrosity and told me that a) It was life changing and they will never eat another thing ever again. 2) It was pretty good for major holidays that end in "day" and royal wedding type occasions or option c) It tasted like regurgitated poop. 

Check. It. Ouuuut.

Baked French Toast Casserole with Maple Syrup

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf French bread (13 to 16 ounces)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Dash salt
  • Praline Topping, recipe follows
  • Maple syrup

Directions

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:

  • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Again, it sounds awesome.  If you make it, lemme know.  If word on the internets tell me that someone made it and didn't tell me about it (rather than listen to the 2 zillion reviews from FoodNetwork.com, cause I don't know them. They might all have the pallets of a person who can't smell) I will hunt you down and give you the mean face. 

Baked, French and Toast,
Morgan

UPDATE: I am neither baked...nor French. 

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