Best Easy Oven Baked French Toast Recipes

OVEN-BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in the middle of the oven. In a large bowl, beat eggs with a fork. Beat in liqueur, sugar, large pinch of salt, and orange zest and juice. Add milk and beat until combined.
• Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with nonstick baking mats. Gently dip brioche, one slice at a time, into egg mixture to coat, placing 6 slices on each baking sheet. Transfer to oven and bake for 12 minutes. Increase oven temperature to broil. Cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with second baking sheet. Serve with butter and sugar or maple syrup.

BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Cut bread into 1-in.-thick slices. Arrange in a single layer in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Lightly beat next 6 ingredients; stir in milk and cream. Pour egg mixture over bread, turning once to coat. Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Preheat oven to 375°. Turn bread again to coat. For topping, combine flour, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and, if desired, nutmeg. Sprinkle flour mixture over bread., Bake, uncovered, until a knife inserted in center comes out clean and topping is golden brown, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting. Top with blueberries or raspberries; sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

EASY OVEN-BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Adjust oven racks, one on lowest position and the other in the middle position.
• Preheat oven to 425.
• Grease 2 cookie sheets with 2 Tbsp.
• of the above butter.
• Beat eggs, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
• Dip bread in the egg mixture and place on cookie sheets.
• Cut remaining butter into pieces and scatter over bread.
• Place on racks, bake for 7 minutes, switch cookie sheets and continue to bake for 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle with a bit of powdered sugar when done.

OVEN-BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Crack the eggs in a large bowl and beat well. Add in all of the remaining ingredients, except the butter. Mix fully together until the mixture starts to froth.
• Grease the pan generously with butter, add the mixture, and arrange the slices evenly inside the pan to absorb the egg mixture. After about 10 seconds, flip the bread over and let it absorb the remaining mixture. Discard any excess egg mixture.
• Bake the French toast for 25 minutes at 425F. Flip the slices about halfway through, after about 10-15 minutes. Let the bread slices continue to cook for about 5-7 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve the French toast hot or warm with syrup, honey, or fruits.

BRUNCH BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs, milk, and salt together in a bowl; pour into a shallow dish. Soak bread slices in egg mixture until saturated.
• Spread softened butter over the bottom of a 10x15-inch jelly roll pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over the butter. Arrange bread slices onto sugar in a single layer; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven until beginning to firm, 25 to 30 minutes.

EASY FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.
• Stir 1 cup brown sugar and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves into butter, 2 to 4 minutes. Pour into prepared baking dish and spread a 1 1/2- to 2-inch layer of bread pieces over the top.
• Beat milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; pour milk mixture over bread into the baking dish and move bread as necessary to ensure all bread is absorbing liquid. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Remove and discard plastic wrap from baking dish and sprinkle remaining brown sugar over the top of the bread mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes.

SIMPLE BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Butter a 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish.
• Cut twelve 1-inch-thick diagonal slices from bread (reserve ends for another use).
• Generously butter one side of each slice and arrange slices buttered sides up in one layer in buttered dish, squeezing them slightly to fit if necessary.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, and salt in a bowl until well combined, then pour evenly over bread.
• Refrigerate, covered, until bread has absorbed all of custard, at least 1 hour (time may vary depending on bread).
• Put a rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 425°F
• Bring soaked bread to room temperature.
• Sprinkle bread with sugar.
• Bake until bread is puffed and top is golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Serve immediately, with maple syrup.
• Cook's Note:.
• The soaked bread can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.
• **Cook time does not include refrigeration or bringing the bread back to room temperature before cooking.

OVERNIGHT OVEN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Butter a casserole dish (large rectangular one).
• Fill dish with bread slices so dish is covered with bread.
• Mix eggs, milk, half and half, vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Pour mixture over bread slices.
• Refrigerate overnight (must hold overnight).
• Make topping: Mix butter, brown sugar& corn syrup.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spread evenly over bread slices.
• Bake uncovered until puffed and golden about 40 minutes at 350.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.