Breakfast: it's not just for breakfast anymore.

[dsrtao]

The problem: we all want french toast.

The complicating factor: I don't want to stand over the stove for an hour making it.

The solution: french toast casserole, which is almost bread pudding.

Comments

[cellio]

Sounds tasty.

You couldn't use pans on all the burners to cut down production time?

[dsrtao]

I do that for pancakes.

French toast is even more work than pancakes, because presoaking the bread would cause it to fall apart.

This worked very well.

1 loaf of challah
butter
milk
eggs
sugar
vanilla
cinnamon

Heavily butter a glass 9x13 baking dish. Cube the challah. Mix milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and some cinnamon, then pour over the bread in the dish. Let sit 15-20 minutes while the oven heats to 400F. Sprinkle more cinnamon, bake for about 25 minutes.

[cellio]

Thanks for the recipe!

Yeah, you couldn't let the bread soak; you would have to set it up with the four pans being offset from each other time-wise, so for each pan you could dip and load. I've only done two skillets at a time (that's how many dairy skillets of suitable size/shape I have) and I had time to twiddle my thumbs, but maybe not enough time to actually add capacity. :-)

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

The people here at Camelot have a great recipe for caramel french toast that you prep the night before and then just pop in the oven in the morning. I can track it down if you're interested.