Cinnamon Baked French Toast

I recently came across this recipe and knew I needed to try it. I'm glad I did! It's also a great dish if you have guests over since you do all the prep work in advance. Enjoy!

FRENCH TOAST

• 1 loaf French bread
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 TBSP vanilla extract

CINNAMON TOPPING

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 stick cold butter, cut into pieces

Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Tear bread into chunks (about bite-sized) and evenly distribute in the dish. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla. Pour evenly over bread chunks. Cover tightly and store in the fridge several hours or overnight. In a separate bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add butter pieces and cut into the dry mixture until mixture resembles fine pebbles. Store cinnamon mixture covered in the fridge. When you're ready to bake the casserole, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove casserole from fridge and sprinkle crumb mixture over the top. Bake for approximately 1 hour. Scoop out individual portions. You can top each portion with butter and drizzle with maple syrup, but I like it just fine the way it is right out of the oven!

(Recipe very slightly adapted from The Pioneer Woman.)