Baked French Toast
This overnight Baked French Toast is easy to make, perfect for a crowd, and completely delicious!
French Toast can be labor-intensive to make, but with this recipe it is easy-as-can-be! You’ll soak the bread overnight, then layer it in a pan and bake it in the oven. That’s it! No messy splatter needed.
Oven French Toast Ingredients
- Baguette: A crusty baguette makes for the best French toast! You’ll want to cut it into thick slices for best results.
- Eggs + Milk: Eggs and milk form a custard base that makes the French toast so creamy. Feel free to use non-dairy milk like almond milk if preferred!
- Spices: To give the French toast more flavor, you’ll use a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.
- Butter: Just a little butter to grease your baking sheet with will give you that lovely crispy crust!
What I Used For This Recipe
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- Silicone Basting Brush: this brush is perfect for brushing on butter, and doesn’t shed like traditional brushes.
- Non-Stick Baking Sheet: these nonstick baking sheets hold up great, clean up easily, and help make a perfect crust on this French Toast.
- 9 x 13 Baking Pan: this is what I used to soak the bread overnight, and it’s also great for casseroles!
How To Make Overnight French Toast
- Prep the baguette slices. Place baguette slices at the bottom of a 9×13 baking pan.
- Whisk the wet ingredients. Whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, and spices.
- Pour the mixture over the slices. Pour the wet mixture over the slices and refrigerate overnight, or for at least 6 hours.
- Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven and grease a baking sheet with butter.
- Bake the French toast. Place the French toast on the baking sheet, then bake for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven, brush with butter, flip, and bake again.
- Serve!
What kind of bread is best for French toast?
I prefer a baguette for baked French toast. The crunchy crust and thick slices are sturdy enough to prevent the bread from getting too soggy.
Why is my baked French toast soggy?
If your French toast is soggy, it may be because you soaked it for too long (I’d recommend putting it in to soak right before you go to bed) or because your bread was too thin. Bake it for a few extra minutes until the edges really get a chance to crisp up!
What To Serve with Oven French Toast
I like to serve this either with something savory like eggs and bacon, my creamy fruit salad, or, if you’re cooking for a crowd, a breakfast casserole. Top with pancake syrup.
More French Toast Recipes You’ll Love
- Apple Pie French Toast Casserole
- French Toast Cups
- Easy French Toast Recipes
- Apple Cinnamon Bun French Toast
You’ll also like this Baked Oatmeal and Ham and Swiss Croissant Bake.
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Baked French Toast
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Ingredients
- 1 baguette cut into ½ to ¾ inch slices
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk OR Almond Fresh Unsweetened almond milk
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Place baguette slices at the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Whisk together eggs, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract and salt.
- Pour the mixture over the slices. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight.
- When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 450°F. Grease a baking sheet with butter and place the slices evenly spaced out on it.
- Bake for 8 minutes and then remove from oven. Brush the top of the slices with melted butter and then turn the slices over. Place back in the oven for another 6 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve hot topped with fresh fruit and/or maple syrup.
Nutrition
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I am amazed to see how much sugar is in our daily foods.
I love using ALMOND MILK when I make French toast!! Great for growing kids too as it is so nutritious!
Haven’t tried this before, I dont take sugar in my tea
We love almond milk in our smoothies.
LOVE almond fresh. It tastes great and is SO good for u! 🙂
This sounds great I’m gonna have to get some soon!
Thanks for all the great ideas! Will start using these in my daily life! Can’t be too healthy!!
looks delicious and healthy!
i’m definitely trying to cut down on the sugar
I am skipping the sugar by replacing the sugar in my daily glass of tea with Splenda. Your baked french toast looks delicious, thank you for sharing this recipe.
Love almond milk and use it in recipes too!
I haven’t tried it yet waiting fora free sample instead of buying it and not liking it but seems a lot of people like it and your baking looks so good.
We watch the sugar and do use Almond Fresh. The recipes looks delicious
Yum! What an amazing recipe! I love French Toast!
Sugar seems to be everywhere. It’s even in things you don’t think about like ketchup, bbq sauce, and salsa. While a couple grams here and there don’t seem like a lot, they add up quickly. Yogurt, even plain, can be full of sugar so it’s important to read those labels. Good luck to everyone on eating healthier.
We use Almond Fresh every morning in our baked oatmeal and we love it!
I love Almond Fresh, but right now I think I love this recipe, yummmm
I love pure almond milk! I like to make them at home too in my blender.
Some almond milks have so much sugar added. I love Almond Fresh!
I absolutely love Almond Fresh.
I use a lot of natural ingredients instead of fake sugary ingredients. whatever I can to skip the sugar!