Slumber Party Baked French Toast

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 italian bread or 1 french bread
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup golden raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup snipped dried apricot (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300. cut bread into 1-inch slices, then cubes. spread on a large cookie sheet and toast for about 10 minutes, or just until dry. (if you're good at advance planning, you can cut the bread up to get stale earlier.).
• 2 grease a 9x13 glass baking dish. place the bread cubes evenly across the bottom, turning to fit the pieces. scatter raisins or fruit evenly.
• 3 beat eggs thoroughly with milk, syrup, and vanilla. pour over bread, pressing down with spatula so all pieces are evenly soaked. cover tightly and refrigerate overnight, or a minimum of 4 hours.
• 4 preheat oven to 350. remove pan from fridge & let stand at room temperature 15 minutes. uncover and sprinkle with cinammon. bake for 40-45 minutes. toast will be puffed & lightly browned. let stand 5 minutes before serving. cut into 12 squares.