Amazing Baked French Toast

The hens around here have been working overtime and my fridge has begun to show it with carton upon carton of eggs.

Never one to throw away perfectly good food, I've been searching for another good egg recipe, since we don't want to eat Farmhouse Casserole every day!

After looking over a few recipes, I tweaked them together and came up with my version of baked french toast.

What you'll need:

• French bread
• A jar or can of your favorite pie filling
• Half dozen eggs
• Milk
• Vanilla
• Cinnamon
• Sugar
• Flour
• Brown sugar
• Butter

Step 1

Here's what you do:

Cube up the french bread into 1" cubes and put into an 11x7 baking dish that has been lightly sprayed with cooking spray.  You'll want to fill the dish about 2/3 of the way full. (Note - I'm using an 8x8 dish in the photo)

Step 2

Dump the pie filling into the dish with the bread and mix it all together.  

Step 3

Beat a half dozen eggs together as you would for french toast.  (I did mine with 1/4 cup milk, two teaspoons of vanilla and a tablespoon of sugar.  Then I sprinkled cinnamon over the mixture as I beat it together until it looked about right to me.)

Step 4

Dump the egg mixture over the bread and pie filling.  Stir to make sure that all of the bread has been coated with the egg.

Step 5

Mix together one stick of melted butter with 2/3 cup of flour and 2/3 cup of brown sugar.  This will come out like a thick paste.  Spread across the top of your bread in the backing dish.

Refrigerate overnight or bake right away at 375 for about 45-60 minutes depending on your oven.  (If you've refrigerated, let it set for 30 minutes before baking.)

It's done with all the eggs are set and a knife inserted in the center comes out free of raw egg.

We've made this now with apple pie filling and blueberry filling.  I liked the blueberry but hubby seemed to prefer the apple.  I'm planning to try strawberry next.

And yes, I realize that there is a lot of sugary sweetness in this recipe.  I certainly wouldn't use it everyday, but for the occasional breakfast or holiday brunch it is fabulous!

ENJOY!