Kelly's Praline French Toast Casserole

Submitted by Wildflour

"I LOVE to make this dish for company that stays the weekend! Just serve with sausage or bacon and fresh fruit, and you're all set, except....your guests might not want to leave!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread
• 8 large eggs
• 473.18 ml whipping cream
• 236.59 ml milk
• 29.58 ml sugar
• 9.85 ml vanilla
• 2.46 ml ground cinnamon
• 1.23 ml ground nutmeg
• 0.25 ml salt (1/16 tsp., just half of an 1/8 tsp. approx.)

• Praline Topping

• 236.59 ml butter
• 236.59 ml packed brown sugar
• 236.59 ml chopped pecans
• 29.58 ml light corn syrup
• 3.69 ml ground cinnamon
• 1.23 ml ground nutmeg

directions

1. Slice the bread into 20-1" slices and arrange the slices in a generously buttered 13x9 or larger baking dish, in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.
2. In a large bowl, combine rest of ingredients beating with whisk til well blended but not foamy.
3. Pour over the bread slices, making sure all are covered spooning some in between the slices.
4. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

5. Next day, heat oven to 350*, make praline topping--"Praline Topping":

6. In saucepan, combine ingredients and bring to a boil, pour and spread evenly over top of bread slices.
7. Bake casserole, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes til puffed and golden!

Reviews

[BethR]

Made this weekend at the lake and everyone loved it! We had a lot going on the night I made it, so I made a mistake, but I would make it again. I made the custard with the eggs, vanilla and whipping cream; but forgot the spices, sugar and salt. I realized my mistake the next morning before baking; I quickly mixed the ingredients and sprinkled on top before pouring the praline on top. Everyone loved the "crunchy" topping! Next time, I will add the spices to the custard AND sprinkle on top! Can't wait to make this again. Served will some syrup and berries - YUM!

 

[ilovetisa]

My Suggestion if the complaint is "soggy," TOAST the French Bread first. Awesome recipe! Kudos Wildflour!

 

[Judy B.]

This recipe is far and above my family's favorite breakfast casserole. In addition to be tasty it is super easy and a real time saver when having a lot of other cooking to do. I also bring it as a standard to potlucks and it disappears immediately. I have shared this recipe more times than I can count. I think you get it. Awesome dish. I have made this exactly as described and it is great. I have also modified it over the years. I will prepare either way depending on my mood. Modification: Make sure to use a deep 9"x12". Substitute Challah bread, use almost a cup of milk-topping it off with maple syrup(may be about 1/8 cup. Use turbinado sugar instead of regular sugar. Also I only use 1 1/2 TBSP if I am using maple syrup. I also leave my bread out a day or two uncovered to help with soggy factor if I am on the ball. My family doesn't seem to notice either way. Enjoy!

 

[Tallen2]

I got this same recipe years ago from a co-worker that brought it to our company pot luck breakfast. It is the best ever!!! I love how you can put it together Saturday night for an easy toss it in the oven and get ready for church easy sunday breakfast. Also got me looking for more different overnight French Toast recipes... If you think it is too soggy try adding more bread slices and deffinately avoid Bread pudding

 

[jenjrl]

This looked incredible. The pralines were a great touch, but the bread was soggy. I don't know what went wrong b/c everyone seems to love it, but we threw it away after a few bites. I think if you just dipped each slice of bread individually before putting them in the pan rather than pouring the mixture over them, that might work better and they wouldn't be so saturated. Otherwise, the flavor is good.