French Toast Casserole

I hosted an Open House at my home recently and had some cubed Multi-grain Beer Bread left over.  My family doesn't like it as much as the original, so I wanted to repurpose it. I don't like to waste good beer bread!!  We also had some left over dinner rolls so I thought what the heck, I will throw those in too. 

So, usually with French Toast Casserole you soak it overnight. That is awesome if you are able to plan ahead, but I am an on the fly kinda gal, so I needed something I could make this morning. I thought what the heck. 

I ended up with 7 cups of cubed bread so that is what this recipe is based on. I basically used 1 egg per cup of bread cubes. Heaven forbid if you have any left over so if you want to make this, you might have to hide some. :). Instead of the sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg, try a cup of Vanilla Bean Chai Drink Mix. I used regular brown sugar in this since I didn't have any stevia brown sugar. I always say, use what you have!

Here is the resulting recipe. 

Ingredients:

6-7 cups of cubed Multi-grain Beer Bread

6-7 eggs, one egg per cup of bread cubes

3 1/2 c of milk

1 c of sugar or stevia crystals (my choice)

1 tsp of vanilla

1/4 tsp each of cinnamon and nutmeg

1 tsp of salt or salt substitute (my choice)

1 c of brown sugar (my choice) or stevia brown sugar

2 Tbsp Vanilla Bean Chai Drink Mix

1/2 c Powdered Sugar

Preheat your oven to 425. 

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, add the milk, vanilla, spices sugar and salt. Mix until combined. (This would be amazing with pecans too but my hubby isn't a fan of them so I didn't put them in)

Spray a 13x9 baking dish with non stick cooking spray. Add the cubed bread and arrange in an even layer.

Pour the egg mixture over the top of the bread. Press the bread until all the bread is soaked with the egg mixture. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the casserole is set (not jiggly).

While the casserole is baking mix together the Vanilla Bean Chai Drink Mix and the powdered sugar. 

When the casserole comes out of the oven, sprinkle the sugar mixture over the casserole while it is still hot. You can do this individually as I had to do since my people don't like powdered sugar on french toast. Crazy right?!?

Serve immediately with or without maple syrup.