Challah Bread Baked French Toast
Delicious baked French toast that uses challah bread, warm spices and a crunchy caramelized topping.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons salt - plus more for on top
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ~1 pound challah bread or 1 small loaf - chunked into pieces
- 4 tablespoons salted butter - cut into pieces
- 2 cups cinnamon toast crunch cereal
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup pecan pieces optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and sugar and whisk together.
- Add the challah bread chunks and mix them into the egg mixture so every piece is coated.
- Pour bread mixture into a greased casserole dish.
- Add salted butter pieces on top followed by the cinnamon toast crunch and pecans (if using).
- Drizzle maple syrup over the top of cereal topping and give the top of dish a nice sprinkle of salt.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the bread seemed baked through.
- Enjoy with maple syrup on top.