Easy Baked French Toast Casserole

• servings: 6 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

1 loaf DAY OLD French or other crusty bread (14-16 ounces)

6 eggs

2 cups milk

3/4 cup half and half

1/2 cup sugar (See Notes)

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 Tablespoons cold butter

Directions

Cut bread into cubes or tear into small pieces. Place in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, half and half, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour over bread in the pan.

Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small bowl combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture. With a fork blend butter into mixture until it resembles small crumbs; sprinkle over bread in the pan.

Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. To check, shake the casserole. If it wiggles a lot it's not done. Continue to bake until it cooked through completely.