Sunday, March 18, 2012

Oven-Baked French Toast

What a great breakfast this morning!  Another fast and easy recipe and very economical.  This receipe is taken from the Pampered Chef Stoneware Sensations Cookbook.  I will post the receipe, based on what I used, without the refrences to the Pampered Chef products needed.  This breakfast cost me less than $10 and fed my family of 6. 

Recipe for Oven-Baked French Toast

1 loaf French Bread ---$1.49
6 eggs --- ($1.00 - they were 1.99 per dozen and I used half)
1-1/2 cups milk
3 TBS. granulated sugar (for egg mixture)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Powdered sugar
Strawberries about 12 ---($1.00 - I paid $2.99 for 2 lbs. and I used about 1/3 of pkg.)
1/2 tsp. lemon zest
1 tsp. lemon juice
3-4 TBS. granulated sugar (for strawberry topping)

Spray 9 x 13" casserole baker with vegetable oil.  Using a serrated knife, cut the ends off the bread and cut loaf into 1-inch-thick slices (10-16 slices depending on the size of the loaf) and arrange closely in a single layer in prepared pan.  In a bowl, beat the eggs and add in milk, 3 TBS. granulated sugar, vanilla, salt and cinnamon; mix together and pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.

The slices in greased pan
Pour egg mixture over and at this point, cover and refrigerate
(At this point, I left it overnight in the refrigerator and set my oven for delay start for the morning)

Preheat oven to 400ºF.  Bake uncovered, 30 minutes or until golden brown.  Remove from oven.  Top with strawberry topping and powdered sugar, or you can sprinkle with powdered sugar and top with fresh strawberries.

While the french toast was baking, I cooked the bacon and strawberry topping.  For topping, wash and slice strawberries.  I placed them in a small saucepan with 3-4 TBS. granulated sugar and 1/4 cup orange juice.  I let the strawberries break up and release their juices.  I cooked until they looked syrupy and poured that over the hot french toast and sprinked powdered sugar over that. 


Slice strawberries small for easy cooking


Sliced strawberries, sugar and orange juice



French toast out of the oven and ready for topping



Ready to serve

Ready to eat
Serve with bacon.  I used a pound of bacon that I paid $2.99 for.  Add this to the cost of the ingredients for the french toast and it cost about $8-9 to make.

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