This delicious French Toast Casserole can be made the night before and just baked in the morning!
Before I get to the French Toast baked casserole I have a confession.
I did something just awful this weekend.
I snipped the tip off of Miss L’s pacifier and told her it was broken.
She was devastated.
Between sobs, she suggested that we should just find some tape to fix it. I told her it wouldn’t work.
She told me I should fix it. I told her I couldn’t.
She said that her daddy would fix it. I explained that he couldn’t.
In complete despair, she cried, “Well, we should take it to somebody’s house, and somebody can fix it!”
*Sigh.*
I felt SO bad, but she’s almost 3, and I just knew the time had come to let the pacifier go.
It still made me sad, though. It’s just gives me one more sign that she’s not a baby anymore.
🙁
She had a hard time napping that day, but went right to bed without it on Saturday night. Which made me feel a whole lot better.
Are you wondering when I’m going to get to the French Toast Casserole, already? 😉
I made this awesome casserole for the baby shower I hosted last weekend. It was perfect. I made it the night before, then baked it the morning of the shower.
Overnight French Toast Casserole
Ingredients:
10 cups cubed (1 inch) sturdy white bread (1 long loaf of French bread)
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese (at room temperature)
8 large eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2/3 cup half-and-half cream
1/2 cup maple syrup (pancake syrup)
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 Tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp confectioner’s sugar
Directions:
Place bread cubes in 13″x9″ baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Beat cream cheese well with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in eggs at low speed until blended.
Add milk, cream, maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla and wisk or beat until smooth.
Pour mixture over top of bread and press bread down gently into egg mixture making sure the bread is completely coated.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
The next morning remove casserole from refrigerator and press down gently to re-soak bread and let stand on counter for 20-30 min.
Bake at 350* for 40-45 minutes or until set. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Sprinkle top with confectioner’s sugar and serve with warm maple syrup.
Original recipe found here.
Have a great day!
That looks really, really good, April (hello…cream cheese!?!)! Will definitely be trying this one!
I know…why does cream cheese have to be SO good! 😉
Going to try your casserole soon. Now about the pacifier. When my kids were little (35 years ago) I was told by an elderly lady to snap just a little bit off the pacifier everyday until they threw it away. Worked like a charm. Only took about 3 days and I didn’t feel too bad.
Thanks, Patty! That was pretty much my plan, but once I made one snip, she was done. And sad. 😉 I hope you enjoy the casserole!
Ahhh, my heart just saddened for Miss L! I know how devastating that separation of the pacifier can be. Listen don’t fret, because my daughter was 5 years old, with a month left of summer vacation before starting kindergarten.
She decided on her own, after a long conversation with her pediatrician. We had an appointment for her school physical, and the Dr. just happened to ask her if she had given any thoughts lately on separating from her pacifier. She took a little time thinking about her answer, and said, “well Dr. Chan, the way I see it is if I’m going to be called names in school, like ‘fish mouth’, or ‘paci girl’, then I think you and I need to talk about this more. Can help me with that? Do I need a special medicine? Is it true that my mouth will look like a fish, or like a pacifier?”
Dr. Chan, explained to her that it wasn’t the mouth, or the lips per say, but her teeth taking a different shape. He also showed her some pics of children’s teeth as a result of sucking on a pacifier for too long. Well, again, she was very quiet as she examined the pictures, and finally she said, “ok Dr. Chan I’m ready to say goodbye to my ‘boo’ [that’s what she called her pacifier]. So she got up, pulled it out of her jean pocket, walked over to the trash can, said goodbye and thank you, and threw it in the trash! All the way home, she was lost in her thoughts, but kept reassuring us, that she was a big girl now! My heart was aching for her, because I knew she was hurting!
She did ask for it that night, and we reminded her that she threw it out in the trash, at Dr. Chan’s office. We explained to her that we understood how difficult that decision was for her to make, but that she had made the best one, and that we were very proud of her for being such a big girl, and so brave. We also shared with her that Jesus was also very proud of her! That brought the biggest smile to her face, as she drifted off to sleep! Priceless!
My sweet Tessa Rue is 15 years old now, and the ‘boo’ is nothing but a memory. A sweet memory! Thank God!!
Miss L, might experience some bad days, and some good days, just continue to let her know how proud you are for her being such a big, and brave girl. Let her know Jesus is very proud of her as well. Although she’s only 3, she’ll get it. I’ll be praying.
Blessings!
OMG I MUST make this. Looks delish. My son had his paci until he was 3 and we had a “paci fairy’ come take them all away at night and delivered a big present in exchange LOL. We didn’t start one with my daughter but she still likes her bottle before bed. *sigh* there’s always something 😉
Hugs, Jamie