====== Challah French Toast Casserole ====== 

Tags: [[breakfast]] - [[vegetarian]] \\ 
Active Time: 25 minutes \\ 
Passive Time: 50 minutes + overnight \\ 
Serves: 6 \\

====Description====
Sweet and delicious

====Ingredients====
  *Challah: 1 loaf \\ \\ 
  *Eggs: 8
  *Whole milk: 2 cups
  *Heavy whipping cream: 1/2 cup
  *Sugar: 3/4 cup
  *Vanilla extract: 2 tbsp \\ \\ 
  *Flour: 1/2 cup
  *Brown sugar: 1/2 cup
  *Cinnamon: 1 tsp
  *Salt: 1/4 tsp
  *Nutmeg: 1 pinch, optional \\ \\ 
  *Butter: 1 stick, cold, cut into pieces

====Notes====
  *Can add fresh fruit before baking, such as sliced bananas
  *Best if prepared the day before, left in the fridge, and then baked in the morning

====Instructions====
  -Grease a 9x13 pan with butter
  -Tear bread into chunks and distribute evenly around pan
  -In a large bowl mix together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla, then pour over bread
  -Refrigerate several hours or overnight
  -In a separate bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add in butter pieces and stir until mixture resembles pebbles
  -When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350F. Add fruit if desired, then sprinkle brown sugar mixture over the top of the casserole
  -Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Serve with maple syrup

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