French Toast Forest Casserole

Submitted by Food.com

"Heading to the Christmas tree farm? Make this for breakfast first."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 20 slices of good quality white bread, day old
• 3 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon sugar

directions

1. Cut out the tree shapes in the bread using a cookie cutter. You can also free-form the tree shape by hand if you do not have a cookie cutter.
2. Grease your 8- or 9-inch cast iron pan (or any round baking dish).
3. Line up the trees in the pan with a bit of an overlap, so they are standing up.
4. In a mixing bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, jam, sugar and cinnamon until smooth and well-combined.
5. Pour the egg mixture over the bread. Being sure to soak the tips of the trees as well as the bases.
6. Place in the fridge for at least 2 hours, or overnight. This is to ensure the mixture is soaked up by the bread.
7. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
8. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm with fresh fruit, maple syrup and butter or your prefered toppings.

Reviews

[Cody C.]

loved it

 

[urdchan]

This looks a sounds great, but you appear to be missing a step. How long do you bake it for? I'd love to try it this weekend, since it's so snowy and cold right now, but don't want to under- or over-cook it.

 

[Ladynightmare]

At the top it says 2 hrs. 30 min, so I would presume since you refrigerate it for 2 hrs., it is somewhere around 30 mins.

 

[Georgette Lorraine O]

How long do you bake at 375?

 

[connie_039]

Recipe for Christmas Trees French Toast Casserole states to: Preheat oven @ 375 degrees... FOR HOW LONG? Connie