Easy French Toast Casserole Recipe
This easy French Toast Casserole turns classic French toast into a simple baked breakfast the whole family can enjoy. It’s a great option for weekend brunch, holiday mornings, or anytime you want an easy breakfast without standing over the stove.
This French Toast Casserole has been in my recipe box for years. I originally started making it when I was part of a MOPS group and we would take turns bringing breakfast to our meetings. This was one of my go-to recipes because it was easy to put together, fed a group, and always disappeared pretty quickly.
After one of our meetings, several moms asked me for the recipe, which is actually what prompted me to share it here in the first place!
The original recipe came from an old MOPS newsletter, so I definitely can’t take credit for creating it. Over the years, though, I’ve made a few changes of my own to make it even better. It’s still one of those simple breakfast casseroles that’s perfect when you need something easy for a family breakfast, brunch, holiday morning, or potluck.
French Toast Casserole Ingredients
- 12 Slices Bread
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 2tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 8 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/2 cup Syrup
How to Make French Toast Casserole From Scratch
- Melt the butter and mix with brown sugar. Spread this over the bottom of the pan.
- Layer the bread in the pan.
- Mix the eggs and milk. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle Cinnamon on Top.
- Bake on 350 for 50-60 minutes. Pour syrup on the top while still hot.
You can prepare this the night before to save time, or in the morning and bake immediately. I’ve done both and it tastes the same!
Be sure to pin this for later and grab the printable recipe below.
Recipe: French Toast Casserole
Ingredients
- 12 Slices Bread
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 2tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 8 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/2 cup Syrup
Instructions
- Melt the butter and mix with brown sugar. Spread this over the bottom of the pan.
- Layer the bread in the pan.
- Mix the eggs and milk. Pour over the bread. Sprinkle Cinnamon on Top.
- Bake on 350 for 50-60 minutes. Pour syrup on the top while still hot.
Sounds yummy! Are you using just regular sliced bread or a thick french bread? Looking forward to trying this out.
Thanks,
Alicia
Hey Alicia, I’ve just used regular bread but just the other day I was talking about using french bread in this recipe. I think it would be great (actually, using the same French Bread Baguette recipe that I’ve posted before) and easy to make up. You could make up a few bread batches and freeze it too for when you were ready to make it.
This sounds wonderful Andrea! I’m gonna make it for the cowboys with just a little tweaking:)
Yummy, thanks for the recipe!
LOVE french toast and I am always up for new FT casseroles and bakes! You should link this up to my MWM ;-) It needs to be shared!!!
Sounds delish. I will have to plan to make this one.
This is yummy! Try adding 2 small sliced apples and a handful of raisins to the brown sugar and cinnamon in the bottom of the pan…YUMMM!
What size pan do you use? It doesn’t say. Thanks
Andrea, I’d say it’s a 13 x 9 pan. But, you can add/take away ingredients to fit the pan that works for you.
Love your new digs, Andrea! It looks so good! And that recipe is going to have to be tried over at our house. Thank you for sharing it- yum!
Do you cover this when you bake it?
PJ – no, I leave this uncovered.
I made this today for lunch and it was so yummy!! There are very FEW things I can make that everyone enjoys, and this turns out to be one of them. Score!! Thank you for sharing!!