Brinner tonight equals baked French Toast

Yes, you read that right. Brinner. I'm not sure if this is a real word or not. I have yet to look it up. But it is a word that my oldest (RW who is 8) says when we are having breakfast foods for dinner. Makes sense.. Brinner. :) 


French Toast is a great food. Simple, but great. Bread (Texas toast or the like is best, but you can use any really), eggs and milk. Fry on a griddle or in a frying pan until done. Unless you are.. me.  Yes, I have my lazy moments, but a lot of time I add things and well.. you saw the changes made yesterday. LOL!    So, I decided that I would make the french toast in the oven. Which meant some prep work at least 12 hours before I wanted to put it into the oven.  And I spent about 2 hours breaking open pecans with a hammer.. yeah.. 


Recipe:
1/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 loaf of bread
8 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pecans, chopped


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Directions:
Mix butter and brown sugar in a bowl until no clumps and mixed well. 
Spread in to the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
Line the pan with slices of bread, overlapping as needed.
Beat eggs, milk vanilla and cinnamon together and pour over the top of the bread.
Sprinkle the pecans over the top of everything.
Cover and put into the fridge for 12 hours.
Put into 350* oven for an hour covered with foil. Uncover for the last 15 minutes to let the pecans toast up a bit.

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 Things I would change? Of course!  I would probably only put 1/2 cup of brown sugar on the bottom. It was really really good, but it was really really sweet. I would also add some of the chopped pecans to the bottom of the pan. Oh, and I would probably buy pecans that were already shelled and chopped... just sayin...

Happy Culinary Experiences!

~HeatherRenee