For the best french toast use high quality bread preferably from a local bakery.
French bread oven french toast.
Lay your bread into the egg mixture and allow the french bread to completely soak up the mixture flipping over once then sprinkle cinnamon atop.
2 cups whole milk.
If it s fresh it will crumble or fall apart when added to the egg mixture or during cooking.
French italian brioche or challah bread are all great for this.
One or two day old bread is best for making french toast.
Rather it s the perfect brunch dish for a lazy weekend morning because everything can be assembled the night before casserole style and transferred in the morning from the fridge to the oven.
Whisk 4 eggs 1 1 2 cups half and half or milk 1 2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon sugar and a pinch of salt in a shallow bowl.
This was my first try at a baked french toast and it was yummy.
Slice your french bread into 2 slices.
As with most recipes i scaled it down for my small family.
French toast is perfect for weekends it only takes 30 minutes and a few ingredients to make.
The pieces absorbed almost all the liquid overnight and puffed up so nicely in the oven.
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I halved the recipe added an extra egg and a little extra splash of milk used whole grain bread crusts on cut into large cubes and tossed the bread in the egg milk mixture rather than pouring it over.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
For french toast with a little more texture we recommend a bakery style hearty bread like french bread sourdough or a rustic loaf.
I thought it was great.
I have tried other oven baked french toast recipes that ended in disappointment but even my husband who doesn t normally like french toast enjoyed this one.
I did mine about an inch in this picture because i ended up having more company over than i expected so had to make sure i had enough for everyone.
1 2 cup whipping heavy cream.
French toast in the oven the title of this recipe implies that your oven is lazy which of course is ridiculous.
1 2 cup granulated sugar.