Overnight French Toast
Ingredients
For the French Toast
- 4 cups challah, cubed
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 1½ cups milk of choice
- ½ cup table cream
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- butter, for greasing
For the Topping
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 4 tbsp butter
- maple syrup, for serving
Instructions
For the French Toast
- Grease the baking dish with butter and set aside.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate chips and orange zest.
- Cube the bread and add to the custard mixture. Press with a spoon to help the bread soak up the custard.
- Mix well and spoon into the baking dish.
- Cover and store in the fridge overnight.
For the Topping
- In the morning mix the topping ingredients.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Remove the baking dish from the fridge and spoon the topping over.
- Bake for 45 minutes until the mixture is set and puffed up.
- Serve with warm maple syrup.