Baked French Toast Casserole is a breakfast recipe that’s simple and easy. It’s perfect for the holidays (like Mother’s Day, Easter, or Christmas), but don’t stop there, this is great for any weekday breakfast. Or, make the casserole and have it on weekdays as leftovers. Serve it with maple syrup and you have a very happy family.
Oven Baked & Great for Company
This Baked French Toast Casserole is made in the oven. I love that it makes a nice big casserole that’s perfect for company. And, it’s a great way to use stale leftover bread.
Easy Baked French Toast Casserole is a quick breakfast bake recipe made with crusty French bread and topped with maple syrup. It’s a homemade make ahead or bake now casserole that’s ready in about 30 minutes.
This delicious breakfast of Baked French Toast Casserole brought to you by my wonderful husband!
I love French Toast
It’s probably my favorite syrupy covered sweet breakfast treat. But, who wants to stand over a skillet flipping French toast all morning? Not this girl! So, my wonderful husband came up with this recipe. I love it! It’s easy to make, and is the perfect way to enjoy French toast any day!
Fluffy and Eggy Casserole
Wonderful eggy buttery French Toast with crispy golden brown edges, and a fluffy inside! It’s not soggy or limp; it’s just lovely! You’re whole family will adore this French Toast.
Great for leftovers
And for us, because there’s only the two of us in the house, it makes a bunch of leftovers so we have French toast all week with no work!
Recipe Notes
For the French bread, you’ll be cutting the bread into ½ inch to 1-inch cubes. You want about 12-15 cups of bread cubes, enough to fill a 13×9-inch pan, which is almost the whole loaf. We usually just leave out the ends of the loaf.
Use whatever milk makes you happy in this dish. We usually use whole milk, as it’s nice and thick and rich. But, we’ve also used almond milk with great success. If you’re lactose intolerant the almond milk is a great option.
Baked French Toast Casserole Recipe
Baked French Toast Casserole
Baked French Toast Casserole is a breakfast recipe that’s simple and easy. It’s perfect for the holidays (like Mother’s Day, Easter, or Christmas), but don’t stop there, this is great for any weekday breakfast. Use the servings slider to easily adjust the ingredient amounts.
Ingredients
- 1 loaf French Bread
- 12 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into chunks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Cut the French bread into ½ to 1-inch cubes, place in a large bowl, and set aside.
- Mix the eggs, milk, vanilla, and salt together in a medium bowl until frothy, set aside.
- Place the butter in the bottom of a 13x9 pan, and place the pan in the preheated oven to melt the butter, about 5 minutes. Once the butter is melted, carefully remove the pan from the oven, and tilt the pan to coat the melted butter all over the bottom of the pan and about 1 inch up the sides of the pan.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bread crumbs, and toss to coat. Pour the egg & bread mixture into the butter coated pan. Bake in 350° oven about 30 minutes, or until eggs are set and casserole looks golden brown.
- Serve with your favorite toppings, maple syrup, fruit, whipped cream, whatever makes you happy!
CulinaryGinger (@culinaryginger) says
Oh my does this look good. I haven’t had breakfast yet and I now I’m craving French toast. Well done Dan!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
oooh my hubs loves french toast and this casserole would be perfect!
KC the Kitchen Chopper says
Is it really brought to me, ‘ cause I’m home right now! 😉
silviamagda says
I’ve never ate french toast. In my country, people fry bread with eggs but make it savoury. But I’m sure this is really good as well.
Bintu | Recipes from a Pantry says
I love using up our leftover bread by making french toast bakes. This one looks amazing and i’m all for leftovers that make breakfast easy for the rest of the week!
Kylee Cooks says
I love big recipes that you can eat leftovers from for a few days! This looks really yummy!
sue | theviewfromgreatisland says
This is absolutely gorgeous, I love the textured top!
khadija says
quick question, the French loaf is it a special kind of bread? or is it French toast(with the eggs and cream), because i doubt i will find it if its a special kind of bread. am in china and finding everything is a struggle
tampacakegirl says
I love baked french toast, can’t wait to make this! Nettie
Debi says
Hi Khadija, It’s just a sturdy white bread. I’ve also seen it called Italian Bread at some stores. You could even make some yourself. Just a simple white bread, so hopefully you can find that. It’s always interesting to me to learn about what different places call things or have readily available. I have a friend in Holland and we talk all the time about differences, and I get to learn that way!
Fareeha says
I love how you are pouring out the syrup. I just tells me that I need to get into the kitchen to try it out right away.
maria @ close to home says
I have not made a french toast casserole in several years. I always forget about them, great optio.
Peter Block says
This is such a wonderful dish. Make it ahead if needed. The whole family will love it.
Ludmilla says
It’s a perfect way to use leftovers bread!!
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says
This is making me so hungry!!! French toast is my favorite breakfast ever 😀
The Foodie Affair says
Delicious! Usually when cooking fresh toast we eat in shifts. No one gets a cold plate when served in a casserole! Perfect weekend breakfast!
Jennifer Johnson says
Oooh how yummy and simple!
Petro @ Creative Homemaking says
It looks so yum and sounds super easy to make, can’t wait to try it soon!
Homemade Food Junkie says
Tell your husband he’s a genius! That looks like a marvelous french toast casserole. I love recipes that help me use up eggs!
fearlessdining says
I can see why this would be your favorite syrupy treat…yummy!
Joanne/WineladyCooks says
This is a great weekend brunch.
Kitchen Dreaming says
I love French toast but my husband is more of a savory breakfast person over sweet, so I only make this in winter when I have company visiting.
Manila Spoon says
That is my kind of breakfast and how awesome of your husband to do it! Well done!
Culinary Flavors says
The best way to start your day!
1shamrocks says
This casserole would work well for holiday mornings in my house! Lots of mouths to feed, looks great!
Del's cooking twist says
I am crazy about French toasts, I really need to try your recipe!