This year, like everyone else, we will just be celebrating Easter as a small family, without our parents. While the boys will miss their grandparents, we will be sure to spend time FaceTiming our family, so that it’s almost like we are all together.
I want to do everything I can to make the day as special as possible for our family. I found this French Toast Bake that I know everyone will love and I’m so excited to have it for Easter breakfast this year!
The secret is, you have to make it the night before! If you know you are going to want to make this, just make sure you prepare on Saturday night before bed!
Ingredients:
1 loaf of sourdough bread*
8 eggs
2 cups of milk
1/2 cup of heavy cream
3/4 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of vanilla
*If you don’t have sourdough bread, try another bread like brioche, challah, pullman or French bread! The trick is, you don’t want the bread to get soaked and mushy from the eggs!
Topping:
1/2 cup of flour
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon or salt
1/2 cup of cold butter, cut into pieces
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Cut the loaf of bread into cubes and put in a greased 9 X 13 pan.
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Mix together the eggs, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour over the bread.
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Cover and place in the fridge to settle overnight!
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Mix together the remaining topping ingredients. Add the butter until it has formed a crumbly mix and store overnight in a container.
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In the morning, put the topping on the bread / egg mixture.
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Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
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Enjoy! We’ll probably add some fresh fruit to the side with orange juice for the boys and tea for me!
For the complete recipe and more details, visit: https://lilluna.com/french-toast-bake/. Picture credit to Lil Luna.
I hope that you have a very Happy Easter weekend. Tell me, what are you making this weekend for your family?
Xo Nicole
