Brunch with a couple of lovely ladies!
You can prepare this delicious recipe the day/night before! What's not to like about that?It takes around 35 minutes to bake in the oven (don't bother to preheat it, just stick it in and turn it on).
In the morning your only tasks are washing/slicing up some strawberries, frying bacon, putting out fruit salad and a pitcher of orange juice, setting the table/etc.This recipe is very rich and filling.
You will enter into a food coma after eating it. Hours later, I am still satiated.
It was good to go on a walk to the Allston Artists Open Studios afterward!
Baked Victorian French Toast (feeds 4 hungry people)
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter (salted or unsalted, doesn't matter)
2 Tb light corn syrup
8 slices of "Cinnabon" bread (or any bread you'd like to try)
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk (2%)
1 tsp cinnamon
sliced strawberries
maple syrup
(optional: powdered sugar)
In a small saucepan cook and stir brown sugar, butter and light corn syrup just until butter is melted. Pour brown sugar mixture into an ungreased 12 x 7 1/2 x 2 inch baking dish (approximate size/determine how 4 slices of bread fit in your baking dish/cut if necessary). Arrange bread slices in a single layer on top of the brown sugar mixture. Flip to coat. Add additional layer of bread slices, flipping to get some sugary goodness on those slices as well.
In a medium or large mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk and cinnamon until combined.
Pour egg mixture over bread in baking dish. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours.
Remove the cover and bake in a 350ยบ oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the center appears set and the top is lightly browned. Let stand for 10 minutes to cool before serving.
Top with fresh fruit: sliced strawberries, peaches or pears or blueberries or raspberries.
Optionally dust with powdered sugar. Offer maple syrup.
Serve bacon and fruit salad on the side. Don't forget mimosas!
