The best thing about this sort of breakfast is that you prepare it in the evening, and you can get up in the morning and just place it in the oven to bake. There is no prep work needed at all on the morning you’d like to serve it. That gives you a relaxing morning that might be busy with other tasks (like beginning to prep for a holiday dinner or opening gifts!)
Ingredients needed:
butter Granny Smith apples brown sugar and white sugar apple juice whole milk eggs ground cinnamon and salt cinnamon raisin bread
How to make Overnight Apple Stuffed French Toast:
The first thing to do is cook the apples. They’re sautéed in a skillet with butter and brown sugar. A little bit of apple juice is stirred in at the end. If you don’t have any apple juice and you don’t wish to buy it, it’s okay to leave it out. Cinnamon raisin bread is used to line the bottom of a 13×9-inch pan. This is a good bread to use, but if you want to alter your bread choice then that’s okay. Regular cinnamon swirl bread would be fine, or if you want to use plain, sliced bread then that’s okay too. An egg custard mixture is whipped up, and half of that mixture is poured over the bread. Some of the sautéed apples are set aside, and the rest are spooned onto the bread. More bread is placed on top of the apples, and the rest of the egg mixture is poured on top. The second layer of bread is dotted with butter and sprinkled with sugar. At this point, the french toast casserole is covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated overnight.
The next morning, you’ll uncover the dish and bake the Overnight Apple Stuffed French Toast Casserole for about 50 minutes.
To serve, the reserved sautéed apples are heated up and then spooned over the top.
Slice and serve! Each serving of Overnight Apple French Toast will yield two layers of cinnamon-flavored, egg custard-soaked bread with a delicious apple filling stuffed inside and garnished on top. It’s completely delicious served on its own, but you can add a drizzle of maple syrup if you’d like.
Make-ahead tip:
Preparation of this overnight casserole can be made a little easier by preparing the sautéed apples ahead of time. Just do your sautéing, refrigerate your apples, and continue with assemble and preparation when ready. You’ll still need to refrigerate this overnight though, so plan for that. Enjoy!
Here are a few more french toast recipes you might like to try:
Peach Cobbler French Toast Casserole Baked French Toast with Maple Praline Crème Brûlée French Toast French Toast Casserole Churro French Toast Pumpkin French Toast Casserole Bananas Foster French Toast Overnight Caramel French Toast
