Recipe #37 Apple and cinnamon baked french toast

I like to try new breakfast ideas because the same old bacon, pancakes, etc gets boring. So I heard that baked french toast is easy and you actually prepare everything the night before so when you wake up you just put it in the oven and its done!

INGREDIENTS:

1 loaf of French bread

6 eggs, lightly beaten

2 3/4 cups milk

2/3 cup sugar, divided

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

6 medium apples - peeled, cored and thinly sliced

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place bread in a greased 13 x 9 baking dish. Combine eggs, milk, 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla; pour half over bread. Top with the apples. Combine cinnamon, nutmeg and remaining sugar; sprinkle half over apples. Pour remaining egg mixture over apples and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Dot with butter. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

BON APPETIT!