Oven Baked French Toast

I found this recipe on Pinterest and haven't been able to trace it back to its roots. That being said, I used the basis of the recipe and then completely changed it to my liking, so really I just got the idea from someone else, not the recipe.

This oven baked french toast does require prep the night before so be prepared to be thinking about the dish for an entire 12 hours at least. Since last night all I thought about was "If I put it in the oven at 4:30 we can eat by 5:15...but if I put it in at 4:15 we can eat it at 5." Seriously, it looks that good.

What you'll need:
1 loaf (or more if you do not like using the heels of bread)
4 large eggs
1.5c milk
cinnamon/sugar mix
1c brown sugar
1/2 butter
1tea vanilla

*Cut the crust off every piece of bread, set aside
*Melt the butter in a small bowl, in the microwave, and then add the brown sugar ..Mix well
*Meanwhile whisk together the vanilla, eggs and milk, set aside
*Pour the brown sugar mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish, spread around so that the mixture is covering the bottom of the dish
*Layer the dish with 1 layer of bread
*Spoon over about 1/2 or a little less of the egg mixture over the bread, trying to cover all of the dry spots.
*Layer the rest of the bread in the dish
*Spoon over the rest of the egg mixture on to the top, be sure all dry spots are covered.
*Sprinkle cinnamon & sugar liberally over the top of the bread
*Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill overnight in the refrigerator.

*Preheat the oven to 350F
*Uncover the dish, and recover with foil -
*Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes
*Uncover and bake for an additional 15 minutes

You can serve these with warm maple syrup if you wish however I think they are sweet enough with the brown sugar mixture. When serving flip over on the plate so that the brown sugar is on top. Mmm mmm delish! Hope you enjoy!

Until next time..
Lady Bea