This has to sit overnight which for me makes it perfect, lol. We have this every Christmas morning. Yummy!

Day 1
Combine
1/2 c whole milk or half & half
1 1/2 c dark brown sugar
3/4 c unsalted butter
1/4 c + 2 tbs light corn syrup (Karo)
pinch salt
in a heavy suacepan over medium heat and stir constantly for 5 minutes. Pour into a lightly greased 13" by 9" dish.

Fit slices of challah, brioche, Sally Lunn or french bread over syrup. Combine
4 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 c whole milk or half & half
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
and pour over bread. Cover and chill overnight.

Day 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sprinkle 3 tbs of cinnamon sugar over casserole, cover with foil and bake at 350 for 45 - 50 minutes. Casserole will be syrupy, but should thicken a bit as it cools.

Edited to add: Cook the casserole covered for about 20 minutes and then remove the coverfor the rest of the cooking time. Sorry ladies!

Sounds yummy? How do the leftovers come out?

Leftovers? I have honestly never known this casserole to make it to leftovers, so I couldn't tell you.:D

It's like a bread pudding that makes it's own glaze so I would imagine that leftovers are quite good.

Edited to add: Also, each bread gives it a different texture. Challah almost completely dissolves, french bread keeps some of it's structure. Some breads also soak up more of the syrup mixture so sometimes the syrup is thin and sometimes it's like caramel. You just have to experiment.

Bumping for the Holiday crowd!

Thanks I was just coming to look for this:p

:thumbsup:

I have this chilling in my fridge now, the brown sugar mixture smells and tastes heavenly. I can't wait to eat this tomorrow morning!!

Edited to say it turned out great! I wouldn't want to eat this very often since its so rich and sweet but it sure was a nice treat!! :)

HELP! Do you cook it with foil over it or cook it uncovered? It's in the fridge now.

We had this for breakfast this morning and it was super yummy ( and so nice to have Christmas breakfast ready already :)) Thanks for posting the recipe mama.

i also made this last night, everyone liked it. i used plain wheat bread though, since i didn't have anything else. i also wasn't sure how much bread to put in there, there was so much sweet syrupy stuff so i did 3 layers of sliced bread in a 9X13. i baked it covered in tin foil until the last 15 min. i forgot to sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on, so i did and left the foil off. the top bread became crusty and OH SO YUMMY. gotta do these make ahead breakfastes more often!!

thanks for the recipe!

We also had this on Christmas morning, and it was a huge hit!! Thanks so much for posting the recipe. It is a keeper!

bumping :thumbsup:

bumping this up because it was so good! ;)

And a bump for the Holidays!

I really wanted to make this for Christmas morning and forgot. Do you think I could use rice or almond milk instead?

It sounds so good and dh and ds would love it.

bumping in case anyone else wants this recipe and has to search for 20 minutes to find it like I just did :)

Thanks. Now to figure out if I can make it GF/DF

I love that this recipe has been getting passed around here for THREE years. It always looks so good but we dh's family tradition of eggs benny on Christmas morning. Sigh. I prefer sweet myself.

Thanks Storm - this looks good. I may have to try it this year :)

I hate to sound ignorant, but I dont know what kind of breads those are.
The Challah, Sally and brioche...

Where do I buy it at, and is it expensive?

Can't wait to try this tomorrow!! I'm going to use organic cow's milk but GF bread (Pamela's). Will report back how it turns out.

I'm trying it too. Off to assemble it and then hit the hay!

Aw, Stormy. Sadly after many years, this is my lasting contribution to the community.

It's still awesome AND will kill you.

bumping for Christmas morning! :woohoo: