French Toast Bake

The easy french toast bake combines all the things you love about traditional french toast in a casserole form. With a sweet, custard-like center and a yummy, crumb topping…this french toast bake will become your new favorite breakfast casserole.

If you have leftover rolls from Thanksgiving or a loaf of sourdough that needs to be used, this French Toast Bake is the perfect thing to make! This is the perfect dish to make for Christmas morning. Make it the night before and bake while the kiddos open their presents. It’s such an easy and delicious dish. Need other easy breakfast ideas? Try our easy mini cinnamon rolls!

What You Will Need-Grocery List

French Toast Bake Ingredients:

• A loaf of sourdough or brioche bread (You can use leftover dinner rolls too!)
• 2 cups whole milk or half-n-half
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Crumb Topping Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (cold)

How to Make French Toast Bake

You can make this french toast bake to sit overnight in the fridge and bake the next morning or chill for an hour in the fridge prior to baking. You can also bake immediately like I do! It turns out perfectly whichever way you prefer to make this yummy dish!

*Note-remove the dish from the fridge and let it set on the counter while preheating oven so that you aren’t putting a cold baking dish in a hot oven. You might risk cracking the dish by adding it to a hot oven.

• Cut bread into one inch cubes (if bread is fresh-let it set out overnight to dry out or you can lightly toast if needed)
• Grease a 9×13 baking dish and add half of the bread cubes to the pan.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat 3 eggs and add 2 cups of milk, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4th teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract and whisk together.
• Pour half of the milk mixture over half the cubed bread.
• Add the rest of the bread and pour the remaining milk mixture over the top. Let the milk mixture soak into the bread.
• In a small mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt and mix well. Cut in 1/2 cup butter with a pastry cutter, fork or use your hands. Mix together well. Mixture should look crumbly.
• Add crumble topping evenly to the top of bread.
• Cover dish with foil and refrigerate overnight, chill for an hour or bake immediately.
• Remove baking dish from refrigerator and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake on 350 for 45 minutes with foil covering the dish. Remove the foil and bake an additional 15 min.
• Remove from the oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar, top with berries and warm maple syrup!

Variations to French Toast Bake:

• Use cinnamon raisin bread, Cinnamon Swirl bread or croissants
• Add diced apples or berries to the bread and milk mixture prior to baking or add fresh fruit to the top after baking.
• Add cream cheese for a rich and tangy taste.
• Add nuts or chocolate chips.