Overnight Apple Caramel French Toast - April 2017

Ingredients-

Casserole

• 1 lb French Bread, cut into chunks
• 3 large apples chopped
• 8 large eggs
• 2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, unpacked
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

Sugar Topping

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces

*Caramel topping- such as Ghirardelli

Preparation-

• Grease a 9×13 inch casserole dish.
• Combine the bread chunks and chopped apples and place at bottom of dish.
• In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients, except the sugar topping and caramel and pour evenly over bread. Cover the casserole and store in the fridge overnight.
• Next morning Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Bake the casserole for about 35-40 minutes.
• While casserole bakes, in another bowl, combine the dry ingredients for the sugar topping. Mash the butter into the dry mixture until it forms a crumbly mixture.
• Remove the casserole from the oven and crumble the mixture over the top of the casserole.
• Continue baking casserole for about 5 minutes, or until the sugar topping is melted over the top.
• Remove from over and drizzle caramel sauce.
• Serve the casserole warm with syrup.

-Bianca