Butter or butter substitute – spread over both sides of the dry sliced bread
8 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons Madagascar vanilla
3 cups low fat milk (Lactaid, plain soy milk or hemp milk okay)
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat together with sugar, vanilla, milk and nutmeg. Spray a 9×12 baking dish with non-stick spray and arrange the buttered challah in the dish. Pour the egg mixture over the bread, cover, and refrigerate over night.
Next day, preheat the oven to 325 degrees.Take the baking dish out of the fridge and uncover. Carefully flip the pieces of bread trying not to break them. You want both sides of the bread to soak up the eggy goodness. Bake for 45 minutes or until browned and puffy. Serve with your favorite toppings like powdered confectioners sugar and maple syrup. Fresh berries compliment the sweet French toast very well. I like mine with fresh raspberries and blackberries.
Here’s the French Toast Souffle piping hot right out of the oven… this dish made our apartment smell so incredibly amazing! I wanted to dive right into it as soon as it finished cooking!
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so gorgeous! I thought you were in a restaurant at first. Have fun at dinner, but how could you not?
What a SPECTACULAR brunch meal!! Love it!!
Ahh, enjoy the KERF blog dinner!! Exciting!! :0)
i love your champagne glasses!! so pretty! brunch looks delicious!
Brunch looks incredible… have a fabulous time at the KERF dinner! I’m so jealous
can’t wait for the re-cap!
Wow that looks FAB!
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HAVE FUN AT THE KERF DINNER! wish i could be there!
love the mimosas!
I can’t get over how great those champagne glasses look! What a great brunch.
The french toast looks fabulous!
I make something very similar most sunday mornings… I highly recommend adding a splash of grand marnier for soaking!! ; )
Baked french toast is certainly delicious, but a souffle this sure as hell is not.
Wow! I can’t wait to try that recipe, it looks so different from any of the french toast I’ve made that I know it will be a hit!
Very pretty placemats. I certainly want to try making French Toast Souffle sometime. Enjoy your day off and KERF dinner!
I’m glad the french toast SOUFFLE is such a hit at your brunches, it is at mine as well! I love how light, fluffy and airy the challah gets when it bakes up. So good! Soaking over night is definitely a key step.
We always make French Toast at our house– it’s a favorite. But normally we just use whole wheat bread, and don’t add anything fancy. This sounds amazing, and now I know we have to try it. My kids are never going to want the regular kind again. I can’t wait to try it! Thanks for the recipe!
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