{"id":1858,"date":"2011-09-05T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T20:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2011-09-05T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T20:26:52","slug":"taste-heaven-french-toast-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Little Taste of Heaven, or French Toast Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"

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French Toast Casserole<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This is one of my favorite recipes. For the last couple of weeks, I have been saving the ends of all the store-bought bread loaves, both white and wheat. When I finally had about half a loaf worth, I knew it was time to get to baking. Well, that and eggs. We don’t buy them very much so I had to wait for eggs. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As usual, I only loosely follow recipes. I cut up all the bread into roughly 16 pieces. The smaller and more bite size, the easier to eat. I learned this the “hard” way. Since I had way more than 5 cups of bread pieces, I just crammed it all in. The milk mixture I kept accurate to the recipe as it was quite a lot as is even with extra bread. In my 8×8 glass pan, there was about 6-7 cups of bread. This just meant a more dense end result. I dotted the butter on top (no margarine in this house!) and spooned on a bit “too much” of the cinnamon sugar mixture. It’s in quotes because can there really ever be too much?<\/p>\n

YUM.<\/p>\n

So without further ado…. the “official” recipe<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span>
\n5 cups bread cubes
\n4 eggs
\n1 1\/2 cups milk
\n1\/4 cup white sugar, divided
\n1\/4 teaspoon salt
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n1 tablespoon margarine, softened
\n1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/p>\n

Directions<\/span>
\n1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
\n2. Lightly butter an 8×8 inch baking pan.
\n3. Line bottom of pan with bread cubes.
\n4. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and vanilla. pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with margarine; let stand for 10 minutes.
\n5. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.
\n6. Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden.<\/p>\n

Make it. Eat it. Love it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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