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Cranberry Apple (overnight) French Toast

Sheila
This make ahead French Toast Breakfast Casserole with apples, cranberries, orange, and warm spices is the beautiful and delicious.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine American, French
Servings 8 servings
Calories 463 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 loaf Italian Bread day old is best
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp corn syrup
  • 1 whole orange zested and juiced
  • 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries frozen work also
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp clove
  • 5 whole eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 4 whole large Granny Smith apples peeled and sliced

Instructions
 

  • Cut loaf of bread into 14 slices about 1 inch thick. Set aside.
  • Rinse cranberries, drain, and set aside. Peel, core, and slice apples.
  • Zest orange into a medium sized bowl. Juice the orange into a separate smaller bowl
  • Melt butter in large skillet add in brown sugar and corn syrup, whisk to combine, bring to a boil and let cook for 1 minute add in cranberries, and orange juice whisk and allow to cook at a low boil for 3-5 minutes, should be a syrupy consistency. Remove from heat, and whisk in cinnamon and clove.
  • Pour cranberry caramel sauce in to the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan.
  • Arrange apples in a pattern over top of the cranberries.
  • Combine 5 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk, milk, vanilla, and orange zest together. Whisk until frothy and smooth. Submerge cut pieces of bread into egg mixture, allowing them to soak up the liquid.
  • Place the custard soaked bread in one layer over the top of the apples. If there is any egg mixture left you can drizzle it on top of the bread. Cover with foil and place in refrigerator overnight.
  • Take french toast out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees, bake Cranberry Apple French Toast for 45 minutes with foil on, then remove foil and allow to bake another 15 minutes. Remove dish from oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Place a large platter or baking sheet over the pan of French toast and invert.
  • **This can be prepared up to 24 hours ahead of time.

Notes

NOTE: You don't have to invert the French toast onto a sheet but it looks so pretty when you do!
This  french toast doesn't  get brown on the top, the bread will become all puffed up and should feel dry, not soggy on the top at all, bake it an additional 15 minutes if needed.
Serve with other breakfast/brunch mainstays bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1.5slicesCalories: 463kcalCarbohydrates: 82gProtein: 8gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 407mgPotassium: 353mgFiber: 6gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 135IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 156mgIron: 2mg
Keyword apples, breakfast,, brunch, cinnamon, cranberry, easy, french toast, make ahead
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