An easy and absolutely delicious recipe for Overnight Pecan Pie French Toast! It’s the perfect breakfast or brunch recipe for the holidays! Make it the night before then just wake and bake!
Overnight Pecan French Toast
Pecan Pie French Toast
Happy Friday! The weekend is just hours away and you know what that means, right?! BRUNCH. AKA the best meal in the entire world. Do you agree?
3 of my very best girlfriends are in town for the weekend and I can’t wait to surprise them with this overnight pecan pie french toast on Saturday morning. This is the ultimate holiday brunch recipe!!! It’s super easy, super impressive, and – of course – super delicious. It also goes great with mimosas and coffee, which are both brunch essentials in my opinion!
Favorite Pecan Pie Recipes:
Pecan French Toast Casserole
Let’s talk about ingredients! To make this overnight pecan pie french toast you’ll need: french bread, milk, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, maple syrup, corn syrup, and pecans. You should be able to easily find all of these ingredients at your local grocery store, and with any luck… you may already have them in your kitchen!
The french bread is soaked in a vanilla cream mixture overnight which provides incredible taste and texture. Once it’s soaked overnight you’ll coat your baking dish in butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and pecans! As the french toast bakes, one side becomes encrusted with the pecans while the other side slowly caramelizes… it’s so dreamy!
What I really love about this recipe is how perfect it is for sharing. Once it comes out of the oven, it’s ready to go. You don’t even need to serve it with syrup! It’s 100% sweet enough on its own.
Pecan Pie… in french toast form!!! What are you waiting for? Make this ASAP and enjoy:)
More French Toast Recipes:
- Overnight Eggnog French Toast
- Apple Pie French Toast
- Brown Sugar Butter Pecan French Toast
- Overnight Raspberry French Toast Casserole
- Easy Bananas Foster French Toast
If you try this Overnight Pecan Pie French Toast, let me know! Leave a comment below and don’t forget to snap a pic and tag it #bakerbynature on instagram!
Overnight Pecan Pie French Toast
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 6 large eggs plus 3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 loaf French bread, cut into 8 slices
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the milk, cream, eggs, yolks, and vanilla, beat well and set aside. Arrange sliced bread in a large shallow bowl. Pour the liquid mixture over the bread. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours, or overnight.
When ready to bake...
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). In a small saucepan over medium heat melt the butter. Remove from heat and whisk in the brown sugar, corn syrup, maple syrup, and pecans.
- Spread this mixture evenly across the bottom of a 3 quart casserole dish. Carefully arrange the soaked bread on top. Bake for 35 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes, then serve warm!
Niki says
Fantastic recipe!
Lorie says
So does the stuff stay on the bottom and you flip it over for the presentation? Want to make this for Christmas.
Deborah says
I made these for my moms birthday brunch! They were amazing! The family raved. Great recipe and so easy!
Lea says
I need to make this for my Sunday school class (about 12 people). I wonder if you could cube the French bread, or even sourdough bread and make it kinda like a casserole?
Michael J. says
Thanks for the great recipe. I tried it, I didn’t get as beautiful as you. But it tastes amazing. I hope I can get closer to your kind someday.
Karen wallin says
This looks absolutely wonderful. Do you know if you can freeze it in individual servings after cooking. I live alone and sometimes have a grandson with me. I obviously can’t eat the whole batch at wants lol. Thank you
Holly says
This is a great recipe! Used 2/3 cup brown sugar instead of a full cup and it turned out perfectly.
Thank you!
Reviewho says
After 3 days of hesitation, I have finally decided to try this recipe out, although I failed to make it looks exactly like yours but it turned out to be very tasty,
Thank you Ashley
Vicky says
How big of a loaf of French bread are you using? I bought a 1 lb loaf and it’s rather long, so the slices would be really thick if I cut it into eight pieces. How thick are the slices supposed to be?
bakerbynature says
My loaf was about 12 inches long, and quite thick. My slices were about 1 and 1/2 inches each.
Alisa says
I wouldn’t change a thing. The family LIVES it!