Puffy French Toast Casserole Recipes

FRENCH TOAST PUFFS

Steps:

• For the ginger butter: Place the butter, agave and ginger in a food processor and process until smooth. (If no processor is available, you may use softened butter and whisk all ingredients instead.) The butter should have a smooth consistency, ready to be dipped into.
• For the french toast puffs: Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F, using convection if available. Spray a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Put the bananas, oat milk, coconut, sugar, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, vanilla and salt in a blender and blend until smooth. If there are a few small chunks of banana, don't worry, it will add to the texture of the puffs.
• Put 1 loaf's worth of bread chunks in a large mixing bowl, followed by the batter. With a spatula or fingertips, gently fold everything together. Take care not to overmix. Homogenous is boring, so we are looking for the bread to be mostly intact, moistened by the batter. Let sit for 5 minutes. The texture should now be soft and wet, not soupy (if it's soupy, add more bread).
• When the correct texture is achieved, it will be easily scoopable with a golf-ball-sized cookie scoop. Scoop out all of the bread-batter mix onto the prepared baking sheet. Keep it funky and scoop larger amounts than the scoop can hold, like a scoop of hard ice cream. Bake until golden brown and crispy on the outside, 10 to 15 minutes. (Browned and slightly crunchy on the outside, and soft on the inside, is our goal.) Eat with hands, dipping into Vermont maple syrup and ginger butter.

PUFFY FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with cream cheese.
• Whisk eggs, milk and syrup until blended; pour over ingredients in baking dish. Refrigerate overnight.
• Heat oven to 375°F. Bake casserole (uncovered) 35 min.; sprinkle with nuts. Bake 10 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8x8 inch baking pan.
• Line bottom of pan with bread cubes. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and vanilla. pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with margarine; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the top. Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden.

FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening. Add the eggs and mix again. Alternate adding one-third of the flour mixture and one-third of the milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and set aside.
• To make the coating, melt the butter in a bowl or glass pan. In a separate container, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
• Dip the warm muffins in the butter, coating thoroughly.
• Then roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Don't be afraid to really coat 'em up. Let the kids help!

KELLY'S PRALINE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Slice the bread into 20-1" slices and arrange the slices in a generously buttered 13x9 or larger baking dish, in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.
• In a large bowl, combine rest of ingredients beating with whisk til well blended but not foamy.
• Pour over the bread slices, making sure all are covered spooning some in between the slices.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Next day, heat oven to 350*, make praline topping--"Praline Topping":.
• In saucepan, combine ingredients and bring to a boil, pour and spread evenly over top of bread slices.
• Bake casserole, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes til puffed and golden!

PAULA DEEN'S FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish generously with butter.
• Slice the French bread into 20 (1-inch) pieces. Arrange the bread in the greased dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, half-and-half or cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until well-blended, but not bubbly.
• Pour the mixture over the bread slices. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices to be sure all are evenly soaked.
• Cover the dish with foil and chill in the fridge overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• For the praline topping, mix butter, brown sugar, pecans, corn syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg until well-combined. Spread the topping over the bread slices.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until puffed and lightly golden.
• Serve with maple syrup. Enjoy!