Overnight French Toast Casserole

Glad you enjoyed it, @Anonymous!

This was very good. I followed the recipe and it turned out a little dry on top but not soggy. The flavor and texture was really good. I used brioche bread but cut the slices thinner than the 1 1/2 in the recipe. I will make this again!

@Anonymous,

What kind of bread did you use? You might need to add some time to the cooking time if it is soggy. It shouldn’t be soggy at all.

@Anonymous,

What kind of bread did you use? You might need to add some time to the cooking time if it is soggy. It shouldn’t be soggy at all.

Made it tonight and it was really soggy, ended up cooking it in a skillet. Don’t know what I did wrong.

I have made this recipe about 6 times and it has been a HUGE HIT each time. Family brunch, Christmas morning, it is always well received and the first empty pan on the table- garenteed. I do mix melted butter and brown sugar with the nuts (have made with walnuts and pecans – no noticable difference) that are then put on top (yes, basically I double the sugar/butter) but for special occasions, why not? This is decatent and a true crowd pleaser! LOVE this recipe. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for posting this recipe . It’s just what I was looking for ! My daughter is turning one and we are doing a champagne brunch ! Can’t wait to try this !

I made this for my family and everyone loved it, instead of pecans (which were too expensive ) I found a almond granola that I sprinkled on the top, it was very yummy, and the granola added just a bit of crunch, it sat in fridge about 15 hrs before I made it, everyone loved it !!!

@Anon,

Yes, I meant 12 slices of bread but of course some people might eat more than one.

When you say 12 servings does that mean its 12 slices of bread?

Hi Anon – We wouldn’t recommend freezing this after baking.

Can this be frozen before or after baking?

The recipe is still there, Anonymous! Did you try again? Here’s the direct link: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/overnight-french-toast-recipe/2/. It’s awesome, so I hope you can see it now!

The recipe won’t come up anymore. Can you repost? Dying to try it!!!

Hi, Anonymous. Yes you may use Italian bread. The important thing to remember is to keep the depth of the slices roughly 1 1/2″ thick. As long as the bread has no other spices than what’s listed in the recipe — it will work very well. Remember what “girlwhoateeverything” has shared — all her ideas share the finest way to create this recipe! Enjoy!

Can this be made with Italian bread?

@Anonymous,

It’s one layer of bread but the slices overlap like dominos would.

What i don’t get is, is it one layer of bread or is it multiple layers.

When I saw the name of the recipe was a “Casserole”, I thought this was going to be a savory dish. )=

This was a recipe for an “Overnight French Toast Casserole”l When people chose to cut their bread into squares, this becomes a “Bread Pudding”. The varying switching of different fruits all sound like a delicious way of dressing-up a ‘French Toast Casserole’. It sounds sad that one of the bakers found that the casserole was too soggy on the bottom — the thickness of the bread slices was 1 1/2″, the melted butter and brown sugar was combined to coat the bottom of the baking dish. The thickness of the bread slices must stay to the proscribed thickness or you could quite easily have too much liquid to begin to bake fully. Since the person fussing about this chose to cut the bread into cubes, it continued to still have the same amount of liquid (pudding) – only more of the bread was down into it “soaking-in-the-pudding”. It was a matter of not following the recipe as it was written. If you ever watched Martha Stewart on her ABC Program, she clearly demonstrated how important it is to keep a legible ruler in your kitchen tool drawer. A 1/4″ one-way-or-the-other, is unlikely to make a difference – unless you are trying to stack a baked pastry with unreasonable equality you will not have an attractive cake, cookies, layers of a crepe-cake dessert, even a cream puff tower glued with caramel. Correct sizing is important, and getting the exact project you are aiming for can – truly count upon your obeying the details of the recipe! This recipe is truly a fine one – and any time you have company, it will serve you well (if you follow the recipe correctly), and you can serve a tasty Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, or late evening Snack! YUM!!

I used the receipe to cook for my staff. They loved it. I did not use the nuts but it was delicious. Instead of pouring the mixture over the bread , I dipped the pieces of the bread in the mixture.

What’s up with all the “dislike” votes on positive comments? Also a poster who called people “dummies”? Its a recipe for cripes sake, why so much hate? Maybe more people should seek therapy for their pent up anger issues, and not dump on strangers commenting on a recipe board.

I have never been to a cooking/recipe website that has so many negatives-comments and/or votes. It is a total turnoff. I’ll take my recipe and run!

@anonymous, your challah loaf from trader joes should work. Just make sure your slices aren’t too thick.

I used pistachios, dried apricots & a little unsweetened coconut flakes

Just wondered, my loaf of challa bread from Trader Joe’s is 16oz. Is that big enough?

Go to your print preview and only print the recipe. For me it was page 4.

I have made a this similar recipe but used whole wheat cinnamon raisin bread and also tore in pieces. So so simple so so so good!!

don’t use the orange PRINT button right below the picture as it prints out the pictures, recipe, and ALL the comments. Waste of paper!

I’ve used this recipe once before and it was a big hit. I went to make it again but couldn’t find the recipe until now, phew! it’s sooo good and not overly sweet…just perfect.

My family like “breakfast for dinner nights” . This is perfect to make in the morning, refrigerate all day long while I’m at work and bake when I get home. Does it get an simpler? This is going to be soooo perfect!

can you also freeze it before baking?

I make it for Christmas but cut the bread into 1″ squares and added dried cherries and it was great!

Certainly not on the Lo-Glycemic Diet ! Lordy, three seonds on the lips and eternity on the hips…

I made this for Christmas day and it turned out fantastic! It was gone and everyone wanted seconds!

French Toast Casserole? It’s Bread Pudding Dummies!

To Anonymous – with the screen cutting off problem. That is your resolution on your computer. Try adjusting your zoom or something. If everyone else can read it, it is probably you.

@sparks,

I think walnuts or sliced almonds could work here or it would even be great without.

New follower from Imperfectly Painted.

Do you think sliced almonds would work? At $16 for a 2 lb bag at Costco, pecans are off the menu for a while.

to kick it up and make easier…replace all but 2 eggs and instead of milk, use eggnog…GREAT way to use up extra eggnog too IT IS FANTASTIC!!!!

I make something very similar to this, but add a large can of chopped (and drained) peaches to it. No nuts, but SOOOOO yummy and get lots of requests for it.

Can not pull up recipe what am I doing wrong.

sounds like my bread pudding, for bread,use two loaves cinnamon-raison cut into ninths length-wise, rest same, omit nuts

Ooh! So glad it was a hit!

I made two pans of this for our Christmas morning brunch. I used challah bread and also skipped the pecans as my grandkids aren’t fond of nuts. I didn’t mix it up until 6am and baked it a 11am. It was delicious! My kids told me next year to skip the cinnamon rolls and make three pans of this!

I CUT THE BREDINTO CHUNS AN ALSO ADDED SCRAMBLD MAPLE SAUSAGE. IT WAS DELICIOUS. HAD IT XMAS MORNING.

Awesome! Made it for family Christmas day brunch and it was a huge hit! Omitted the pecans, used mostly challah and half a loaf of french bread.

Delicious ingredient base, but my bread (challah) did not soak up enough of the egg liquid, and after a long time cooking, needed to be cut down to chunks and rebaked to be edible. I highly encourage anyone using a dense bread to forgo the sliced bread idea and cut your bread into chunks. Also, adding raisins & pineapple chunks turned it into a delcious breakfast bread pudding.

made this for Christmas breakfast – big hit!!!! perfect amount of sweetness and moisture – used a loaf of uncut french bread measured to 1 1/2″ slices! Also used half and half in place of whole milk. Printing this recipe to keep!!!!

This was good but the bottom was very soggy even though I baked it the entire time. Next time I will not let it sit overnight and just bake it right away.

How do people have more dislikes, then likes??? I will be using this recipe for my Christmas breakfast. I hope it turns out well. Thanks for the recipe.

Made this last night (this AM) for our holiday breakfast potluck at the office & was so impressed! DEEEEELICOUS, not to mention a beautiful presentation! Outstanding recipe.

I make this with a layer of sliced apples in the bottom. When you slice it you flip it over onto the plate – its DELISH!

Love this recipe!!!!! Make it for my daycare center children. I have 55 kids and they all love it! Not to mention the teachers!!!! Excellent!!!!

you always cut off the bottom of the instructions with a member profile message….useless

I’m thinking you mean a loaf of french bread that is sliced 1 1/2 inches thick.

Brioche, Challah, Texas Toast are all types of bread that are (or can be) sliced thick.

What do you mean by this: 1 loaf brioche or challah (xxxxx toast can be used a sliced 1 1/2 inches thick

sounds good, will have to try it