Brunch recipes

Sunday Brunch....yum!  

Baked French Toast Recipes I used this weekend.

OH-SO-GOOD!

Bake French Toast

cooks.com 

The original recipe calls for sourdough bread.  I used a sliced Italian bread instead and it worked well.  Next time I have left over sourdough I will use that!

4 large slices soudough bread, crust removed, bread cubed (ah! I tore the pieces, maybe it would have looked better cubed!)
1  - 8 oz package cream cheese
1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
6 eggs
1 C milk
1 1/2 tsp gound cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla

• Place half the bread cubes in greased 11x7 baking dish.  Cover with cream cheese cubes, distributing evenly.  Sprinkle with chopped apple.  Top evenly with remaining bread cubes.
• Beat together eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon until well blended; pour over bread mixture in dish.  Bake in a preheated 375 oven about 35 minutes until set.  

Serve with syrup.
4-5 servings.  

 Orange Pecan French Toast Casserole

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1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
Cooking spray
1/3 cup chopped pecans 
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fat-free milk
3 tablespoons granulated sugar 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
3 large egg whites
2 large eggs 
12 (1-inch-thick) slices French bread (about 1 pound)

• Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup; pour into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle chopped pecans evenly over sugar mixture.
• Combine rind and next 7 ingredients (rind through eggs); stir with a whisk. Arrange bread slices over pecans in dish; pour egg mixture over bread. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Carefully turn bread slices over to absorb excess egg mixture. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until lightly browned.