I stole this recipe for Overnight Apple French Toast from a cookbook called The Taste of Home Cookbook: Best Loved Recipes from Home Cooks Like You who stole it from Debra Blazer from Hegins, PA. This decadent breakfast is prepped the night before and baked in the morning. Tart apples are peeled and thinly sliced to start this recipe. Brown sugar, butter and corn syrup are cooked in a saucepan then poured in the bottom of a casserole dish. The sliced apples are arranged on top. Thickly sliced French bread is dip in a mixture of eggs, milk and vanilla. Next the bread slices go on top of the apples and then the dish is covered and refrigerated overnight. After baking in the morning, serve with powdered sugar or maple syrup. A great treat for breakfast in bed, if it arrives intact.
You will need 9 slices day-old French bread (¾ inch thick) for this recipe. If the bread is too fresh you can toast it first. I also recommend checking to make sure the slices can fit in the dish, that way you can cut them to fit if needed before things get too messy.
In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup packed brown sugar, ½ cup cubed butter and 2 tbsp light syrup.
Cook over medium heat 5-7 minutes or until thickened.
Pour into an ungreased 13×9 inch baking dish. Arrange 2 large tart apples that have been peeled and cut into ¼ inch slices on top.
In a large bowl, combine 3 eggs, 1 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla. You can also add some cinnamon and nutmeg to the egg mixture to make it more like traditional French toast.
Whisk ingredients together and dip bread slices into the egg mixture.
Place bread slices over apples. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake uncovered, 35-40 minutes.
When serving, I flip the French toast, so the apples are on top.
Powdered sugar or maple syrup can be served with the French toast.
If you liked this recipe you can also try Baked French Toast or Overnight Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake.
Overnight Apple French Toast
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup butter cubed
- 2 tbsp light corn syrup
- 2 large tart apples peeled and cut into ¼ inch slices
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 9 slices day-old French bread ¾ inch thick
Syrup
- 1 jar (10 oz) apple jelly
- 1 cup applesauce
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves
Instructions
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In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and syrup. Cook over medium heat 5-7 minutes or until thickened. Pour into an ungreased 13x9 inch baking dish. Arrange apples on top.
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In a large bowl, beat eggs, milk and vanilla. Dip bread slices into the egg mixture 1 minute; place over apples. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake uncovered, 35-40 minutes. Meanwhile in a small saucepan, combine syrup ingredients; heat through. Serve with French toast.
Recipe Notes
You can also add some cinnamon and nutmeg to the egg mixture to make it more like traditional French toast. I used thick sliced bread instead of French bread. The bread slices were cut in half to fit in the baking dish so that the apples would be covered. When serving, I flip the French toast, so the apples are on top. You don’t need to make the apple syrup. Powdered sugar or maple syrup can be served with instead of the apple syrup.