French Toast Casserole

Servings

Serving size

1/8th pan

COOKING TIME

60 minutes (more if you need to dry the bread)

This recipe can be prepped before going to bed and then cooked the next morning. Leftovers are good.

Ingredients

8 slices Whole wheat bread (or gluten-free whole grain bread)(stale)

2 large Egg(s)

2 1/2 cup 2% milk (or unsweetened milk alternative)

2 Tbsp. Honey

1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. Ground cinnamon

3 large Bananas, raw (overripe, mashed)

1 tsp.. Lemon juice

1/3 cup, chopped Pecans (toasted)

2 tsp. Ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Ground allspice

1/4 tsp. Ground ginger

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

If your bread is not stale, you can dry it out in the oven while you prepare the other components of this recipe. This will take 10-20 minutes depending on how fresh your bread is. The bread must be completely dried out or the French toast will be very soggy.

In a large bowl whisk together the whole eggs, milk, honey, vanilla extract, and cinnamon until fully incorporated.

Meanwhile, in a separate bowl combine the filling ingredients until all ingredients are incorporated.

Spray a baking pan with cooking spray. Dip four of the slices of bead into the egg mixture, allowing them to absorb as much liquid as possible and then layer on the bottom of the baking pan.

Spread the filling mixture evenly over the bread. Dip the remaining four slices of bread into the egg mixture and layer on top of the filling.

Place the casserole into the preheated oven. Cook for 30-45 minutes or until the bread has soaked up all of the liquid and is golden brown.

Remove from the oven, slice, and serve immediately.

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Special Diet Information

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GERD / Acid Reflux

The lemon juice may be a trigger but is in a small enough amount that most of those with GERD should be able to tolerate this dish.

Lactose

This recipe is safe for those who are lactose intolerant. Use an unsweetened milk alternative in this dish.

Coumadin® (Warfarin)

This recipe is safe for Coumadin (warfarin) users.

Gluten Sensitivity

This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten. Use gluten-free bread in this dish.

Sodium

This is a low sodium recipe.

"When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries."

Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows