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!
Leftovers? I have honestly never known this casserole to make it to leftovers, so I couldn't tell you.
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.
Last edited by SketchyRecipe : 10-15-2003 at 11:05 AM.
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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.
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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!!
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