Name: Baked Apple French Toast Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1-lb One challah or raisin challah; 5 large eggs; 1-1/2 cups half & half; 3 tablespoons maple syrup; 2 tablespoons bourbon (optional; replace with apple cider or half-&-half if desired); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 Heaping teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced; 1/4 2 cup 1/4 + 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar; 6 tablespoons maple syrup; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; and/or Confectioners' sugar maple syrup

How To Make Baked Apple French Toast

This make-ahead apple French toast recipe serves a luscious baked breakfast using moist and soft slices of bread topped with sweet and gooey apples.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 55 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For French Toast:

1lbchallah,(1 lb) or raisin challah
5large eggs
1½cupshalf and half
3tbspmaple syrup
2tbspbourbon,optional, replace with apple cider or half & half if desired
1tspvanilla extract
¼tspsalt,heaping

For Apple Topping:

4tbspunsalted butter
4large granny smith apples,peeled and thinly sliced
¼cupdark brown sugar,plus 2 tbsp, packed
6tbspmaple syrup
1tspground cinnamon

For Serving:

confectioner’s sugar
maple syrup

Instructions

Butter a 9×13-inch baking dish.

French Toast:

Slice the bread into ¾-inch-thick slices.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, half and half, maple syrup, bourbon, vanilla, and salt.
Dip each slice of challah into the custard mixture for about 5 seconds, then arrange in an overlapping pattern in the prepared baking dish. Be sure the entire bottom of the dish is covered with the bread.
Pour any remaining custard over the bread. Set aside.

Apple Topping:

In a large sauté pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the apples, brown sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 8 minutes until the apples are softened and the sugar-syrup is thickened.
Spoon the apples and sugar-syrup evenly over the bread, making sure not to leave any of the syrup behind.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and set an oven rack in the middle position.
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for about 20 minutes more until puffed and golden. Remove from the oven and, using a fine sieve, dust with the confectioners’ sugar.
Serve with maple syrup.

Recipe Notes

If not baking immediately, cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Nutrition

Calories: 476.60kcal
Fat: 17.56g
Saturated Fat: 8.78g
Trans Fat: 0.24g
Monounsaturated Fat: 5.45g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.64g
Carbohydrates: 66.45g
Fiber: 4.36g
Sugar: 34.26g
Protein: 11.20g
Cholesterol: 177.22mg
Sodium: 357.03mg
Calcium: 154.83mg
Potassium: 348.64mg
Iron: 2.55mg
Vitamin A: 183.50µg
Vitamin C: 0.42mg

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