French Toast Casserole

I don't know about you but I LOVE Brunch Food!!

Overnight French Toast Croissant Casserole

This breakfast casserole was awesome.  There are 2 things I really like about this casserole, 1 it was an overnight casserole and 2 the heavenly crunchy cinnamon topping!

Quick and Easy French Toast

I have found the perfect French Toast Recipe.  

French Toast Cups

These French Toast Cups remind me of bread pudding but instead of putting a sweet toffee glaze over the top I put maple syrup.  It was super YUMMY!

Baked French Toast Croissants

The weekend went by really fast!  Cally was in her high school friends wedding.  Bill and I had a nice time at the wedding.  It was fun to see Cally and her friends all together again.  

I also got to spend time with Billy.  The time I get to spend with Billy is really special because it is not often now that he has the time to come home and stay overnight with his momma.

Since I had my babies home this weekend I decided to make breakfast.  I used my Baked French Toast recipe but instead of using Texas toast I used croissants.  Oh this was absolutely delicious!  I sliced the croissants in half and then placed them with the sliced side down on the baking sheet.  Then I sprinkled cinnamon sugar on the tops of the croissants.  After baking the underside (sliced side) was gooey and cinnamony good while the outside was cinnamony sugar crunchy!  I am not sure which side I liked better.  The crunch was an extra special surprise.

Baked French Toast Croissants

1/2 C butter
4 eggs
2/3 c half and half (or milk)
1/2 C sugar
1 t cinnamon
1 t vanilla

topping:

1/4 C sugar

1 t cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  While oven is heating up place the butter on a cookie sheet with sides and place in oven so it will melt. 

Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the cookie sheet with melted butter.

In a bowl mix the eggs, half and half, and vanilla.

Cut the croissants in half and then dip the croissants in the mixture soaking well. 

Place croissants in pan sliced side down.  I mix up more cinnamon sugar and sprinkle over the top side of the croissants.  That way it has cinnamon sugar on both side when it is done.

Bake 12 minutes

Baked French Toast

As you have probably noticed I have been MIA from my blog.  My life has been a little crazy lately So needless to say I have been pretty tied by the end of the day.  I do have some recipes to share with you so for awhile I might just be posting pictures and recipes.  If I get time I will tell you a little about what is going on.

Last week I did take Friday off and traveled to Portsmouth to spend the night with Cally in her apartment before the end of school hits this week.  Cally will be home for the summer and again working at the Mini Market/Deli/Gardens.  She mostly works in the greenhouse when she is home over the summer.

I had Billy home for a bit at the beginning of the month.  He needed to be taken care of after having ACL surgery.  He had a snowboarding accident in NY this past winter.  While I enjoyed having him here with me I wish he did not have to go through the surgery.  It was pretty rough.

We had a wonderful Easter at our house.  Bill's mom and dad came home from Florida the week before Easter and we had them over for Easter Dinner.  Cally did an excellent job setting the table and doing the centerpieces!

Baked French Toast

12 pieces of Texas Toast
1/4 C butter
4 eggs
2/3 c half and half (or milk)
1/3 C sugar
1 t cinnamon
1 t vanilla

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  While oven is heating up place the butter on a cookie sheet with sides and place in oven so it will melt.

Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle over the cookie sheet with melted butter.

In a bowl mix the eggs, half and half, and vanilla.

Dip the bread in the mixture soaking well.

Place bread in pan.  I mix up more cinnamon sugar and sprinkle over the top side of the toast.  That way it has cinnamon sugar on both side when it is done but you do not have to add the extra cinnamon sugar if you do not want to.

Bake 10 to 15 minutes