BLACKBERRY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• The night before.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Slice the bread and spread on a large cookie sheet.
• Place in oven, turn oven off, and let bread set in oven overnight (since I have a gas oven, I just set the bread in the oven overnight, the pilot light hardened it enough).
• The next morning.
• Whisk the eggs and 1/4 cup sugar until all the yolks are broken.
• Add the milk and cream and whisk a little more.
• Put the dried bread pieces on top of the egg mixture.
• Wait a few minutes, then push the rest of the bread into the mixture and mix lightly.
• Grease a bundt pan and place half of the bread mixture in the pan to cover the botton.
• Spoon the berries over the bread and sprinkle berries with the 1 Tablespoon sugar.
• Spoon the remainder of the bread over the berries and pour the remaining liquid over the top.
• Brush the top with the melted butter.
• Bake at 325 for 1 hour or until toothpick insterted comes out clean.
• Cut and serve, while hot.
• Serve with powdered sugar or syrup drizzled over the top.