Best Oven Baked Caramel French Toast Recipes

OVEN-BAKED CARAMEL FRENCH TOAST

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This is perfect served with quiche, homemade home fries and fresh coffee! I make the bread for this recipe using my bread machine!

Provided by HappyHousewife

Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes French Toast Recipes

Time 10h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans, divided
12 slices French or Italian-style bread
6 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup butter
1 tablespoon light corn syrup

Steps:

In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter and 2 tablespoons corn syrup. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
Pour sauce into a 9x13 inch baking dish and sprinkle with 1/2 cup pecans. Place 6 slices of bread on top of the sauce, sprinkle with the remaining pecans and cover with the remaining 6 slices of bread.
Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in a blender. Pour egg mixture evenly over bread slices, cover the baking dish, and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove the French toast from the refrigerator 30 minutes prior to baking. Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, until lightly brown. Drizzle sauce over the toast right before serving.
To make the Caramel Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter and 1 tablespoon corn syrup. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 614.7 calories, Carbohydrate 72.5 g, Cholesterol 188.9 mg, Fat 32.5 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 12.2 g, SaturatedFat 13.8 g, Sodium 526.7 mg, Sugar 46.2 g

OVEN BAKED CARAMEL FRENCH TOAST

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So good it's almost sinful! You can sprinkle pecans over the topping before adding the bread if you like.

Provided by Terri F.

Categories Breakfast

Time 45m

Yield 3-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
6 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup heavy cream (whipping cream)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 dash salt
6 -8 slices French bread (sliced diagonally 1 inch thick)

Steps:

Spray 13x9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
In medium saucepan, combine topping ingredients and mix well.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
DO NOT BOIL!
Spread topping in baking dish.
Beat eggs in a large shallow dish.
Add milk, vanilla, and salt, and blend well.
Dip each bread slice in egg mixture, making sure all egg mixture is absorbed.
Place bread over topping in baking dish.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
To serve, heat oven to 400 F degrees.
Bake uncovered, 20 to 25 minutes, or until toast is golden brown and sauce is bubbly.
Let stand 2 minutes.
Invert baking dish onto large platter, scraping any extra topping onto toast.
Serve immediately.

OVEN BAKED CARAMEL APPLE FRENCH TOAST

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Wonderful oven baked breakfast fit for company or just the family on a lazy Sunday morning. This is a "Make Ahead" dish to refrigerate overnight, then bake the next day! *You can substitute Pears for the apples

Provided by Sher Bird

Categories Eggs

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

1 c dark brown sugar
3 Tbsp white corn syrup (karo or other)
6 Tbsp butter
1 c chopped pecans
3 each golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and sliced (or you may use pears instead!)
1/3 c water
1 tsp ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp each: lemon juice and cornstarch
12 slice french bread or challah, 1 inch thick
12 oz cream cheese
6 large eggs
1 c milk (whole milk preferably)
1 c whipping cream or half n half
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 tsp ground cinnamon
OPTIONAL GARNISHES:
confectioner's sugar, whipped cream, chopped pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg

Steps:

1. Generously grease a 9x13" oven baking pan. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.
2. Combne brown sugar, white corn syrup, and butter in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring often. Pour into bottom of greased oven dish, spread out evenly. Spread pecans over.
3. Combine the apples, water, cinmamon, white sugar, lemon juice and cook, stirring constnatly, in sauce pan over medium heat just until apples slices begin to soften up. Add the cornstarch, mix in well and continue to stir until mixture thickens up, then remove from the heat.
4. Place just six of the bread slices in a single layer in the baking dish over the caramel layer. Thickly spread each slice with some cream cheese. Distribute the apple mixture over the bread slices in the pan. Pour apple mixture over the bread. Cover the pan with the remaining 6 slices of bread.
5. Mix together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, connamon. Pour this over the bread in the baking dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight (not for more than 24 hours).
6. Remove pan from refrigerator, and remove cover. Bake for 1 hour in a 350 deg. oven until browned and slightly puffy. Remove from oven and immediately place portions on serving plates. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. If desired add whipped cream and a garnish of more chopped pecans, cinnamon, or nutmeg.