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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!
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Pecan French Toast Casserole
Pecan French Toast CasseroleLet’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:)
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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!
Can this recipe be made with cinnamon raisin bread?
Do I need to bake it with the pecan mixture on the bottom? Does it turn out the same with it baked on top?
The pecan should be baked on the bottom, otherwise it’ll burn.
Have you ever tried putting all this together the night before, including the butter, brown sugar, pecan mixture? If so, would you store that part separately or can I put the entire casserole together? Thank you. This looks amazing!!
I don’t think it can all be mixed and put together. You have to soak the egg mixture overnight so the break can absorb it. Then the next day you pour the sugar and pecan mixture, preferably in another pan then place the soaked bread over it to bake. If you mix the egg mixture and syrup, it will turn into sugary eggs on the bottom
I just made this and am in love!!! The recipe is so easy and not too sweet! Making it again for sure!!!
Thanks a lot. I used in order to scour my passing but my brand new pans said do not do that. So then I started getting rainbows after using baking soda to scrub and running them through the dishwasher. I look forward to trying this vinegar. Thanks for shearing!
Can you skip the corn syrup or substitute it for something else?
Can this be made with brioche loaf bread??
I made this last year and it was so amazing that I made them again this year.
Yay! Thanks for letting us know, Alba! Happy holidays!
Can I make the day before and reheat when I get at hostess home for a brunch ?
I did not get an answer…. I was hoping to make it tomorrow.
Bev
I made this today and it was deliciously decadent. I halved the recipe and used an 8×8 glass dish. The four slices of homemade, thick sliced bread I had in the freezer fit perfectly. It is essential to allow it to cool for five minutes or so before removing from the cooking dish or most of the coating will stay in the dish.
I’ll be making this again, but not for quite some time. This is too rich for everyday weekend fare. It should be saved for once or twice a year special occasions.
Thank you Ashley.