French Toast Casserole with Spiced Apple
Serving: 8 servings
Ingredients
Spiced apple layer
- 4 Granny Smith apples
- ½ bar melted salted butter
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ¼ teaspoon clove powder
French toast casserole
- Butter at room temperature for greasing pan
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3½ cups almond milk
- ½ stick melted salted butter (¼ cup)
- 3 eggs (large)
- ½ cup sugar (white, granulated)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 12 ounces day old French bread , sliced (about 1 baguette)
Instructions
Step 1: Heat oven
- Heat oven to 350 ºF [175 ºC]
Step 2: Season apples
- In the meantime, to make the spiced apple layer, peel and core the apples and slice into thin rings.Mix butter, brown sugar, ginger powder, cinnamon powder, and clove powder. Pour on the apples and work with your hands to coat them with the butter mixture. Set the apples aside.
Step 3: Drench bread
- To make the French toast layer, grease the baking pan with butter and sprinkle the bottom with the brown sugar.In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond milk, melted butter, eggs, sugar, cinnamon powder, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until it is mixed completely. Bathe the bread slices in the milk mixture, making sure the liquid soaks in.
Step 4: Make the casserole
- Arrange the bread in layers in the baking pan trying to keep it even. Pour in any leftover milk mixture.Top with the apples arranged in an even layer.
Step 5: Bake
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 313kcal
