Easiest Overnight French Toast Bake
You can easily prep this the night before in only 10 min. Then just pop it in the oven right before serving. So easy!
I am a huge fan of brunch. If I could, I’d brunch every day, especially since you can sleep in a bit yet still indulge in all of its breakfast glory, like this baked French toast.
Now this French toast is super simple, super easy and basically fool-proof. Best of all, this can be made the night before. No wait, scratch that, this is meant to be made the night before. Sure, you can make it a couple of hours in advance but you really want to give it a full night so that your bread slices can soak up all that goodness.
When you’re ready to serve, go ahead and pour on that epic maple glaze. It replaces the need for syrup, and in my opinion, just makes it 100000x better.
Easiest Overnight French Toast Bake
Ingredients
- 3 small French baguettes, ends trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
For the maple glaze
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup, or more, to taste
Instructions
- Lightly coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray. Place bread slices evenly into the baking dish.
- In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, vanilla bean paste, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour mixture evenly over the bread slices. Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the bread mixture into the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and maple syrup until well combined and slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour mixture evenly over the bread slices.
- Serve immediately, sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar, if desired.
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SO purrrrdy! Your overnight pumpkin baked french toast is my all-time favorite. Excited to try this for non-pumpkin season!
Where can I purchase vanilla bean paste? Could l substitute vanilla extract? If so how much? Thanks!
Looking forward to making this recipe.
Vanilla bean paste comes in a small jar of the scraped-out vanilla pod, giving you a super sweet and fragrant end product with the convenience of a quick scoop. You can read more about it here. As for conversions, 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste = 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract.
well THIS would be great for houseguests, awesome. looks friggin’ tasty, as always!
le
I’ve never heard of vanilla bean paste. Is it something I can make myself or where do you purchase it? Could pure vanilla extract replace it?
Vanilla bean paste comes in a small jar of the scraped-out vanilla pod, giving you a super sweet and fragrant end product with the convenience of a quick scoop. You can read more about it here. As for conversions, 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste = 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract.
This is perfect when having overnight guests! We have a brunch at our church and this is going to be the dish I take.
Looks amazing – your photos are so good! 🙂
– Talia
Hi Is it one loaf of French bread or 3. I want to make this for company on Saturday. I LOVE YOUR SITE!
It really depends on the size of your loaf and the type of bread you are using. You can use one large loaf of French bread or 3 mini loaves – it’s really up to you and how much you can fit into the baking dish.
Is it possible to use half & half instead of milk?
Mary, you can certainly try substituting half and half but without further recipe testing, I cannot speak for how much this will change the overall taste/texture of the dish. It is always best to use the ingredients listed in the recipe to obtain the best results possible. Also, using half and half instead of milk will add in much more unnecessary calories!
What about using the round cinnamon bread loaves that are already sliced. You could just take it out of the wrapper and put it in the pan.
You can certainly use round cinnamon bread loaves but the beauty of this recipe is using “plain” bread from scratch and adding in the flavors to your liking!
I am so happy to see the nutritional info provided
An overnight french toast bake sounds heavenly!! LOVE this idea!
Is your photo one loaf or more? Love your blog. Love your recipes. Haven’t had a single one not exceed my expectations. So glad I found you!
I used one very large loaf of French bread.
I love make ahead recipes. Waking up to this would be divine.
I would definitely jump out bed for this breakfast and waking up early is really not my thing. Beautiful!
What is vanilla bean paste, and where do I get it?
Vanilla bean paste comes in a small jar of the scraped-out vanilla pod, giving you a super sweet and fragrant end product with the convenience of a quick scoop. You can read more about it here.
Oh! Heavens to Betsy that looks deeeelicious!
This is one of my all-time favorite breakfasts, but I’ve never made it with the bread arranged like yours! It’s so pretty – I can’t wait to try this version!
I love it when you make sweeter-ish kind of recipes. Right up my alley 🙂