Baked Blueberry-pecan French Toast |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Elegant and easy baked French Toast ..great for a brunch party! Presentation is beautiful...looks like you stayed up all night to make it. Ingredients:
1 24- inch baguette |
6 large eggs |
3 cups whole milk |
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg |
1 tsp vanilla |
1 cup packed brown sugar |
1 cup pecan pieces (about 3 oz.) |
1/2 stick plus 1 tsp unsalted butter |
1/4 tsp salt |
2 cups blueberries preferably fresh |
Directions:
1. Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
2. Cut twenty 1 inch slices from baguette and arrange in one layer in baking dish.
3. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla and 3/4 cup brown sugar and pour evenly over bread.
4. Chill mixture, until all liquid is absorbed by bread, at least 8 hours, up to one day.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
6. In a shallow pan spread pecan pieces evenly and toast in oven until fragrant, about 8 minutes.
7. Increase oven temp to 400.
8. Sprinkle pecans and blueberries evenly over bread mixture.
9. Cut 1/2 stick butter into pieces and in a small sauce pan heat with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring, until butter is melted.
10. Drizzle butter mixture over bread and bake 20-30 minutes or until any liquid from blueberries is bubbling.
11. Serve with blueberry syrup.
12. NOTE: If there is a large quanity of liquid that was not absorbed by the bread, drain before adding blueberries and pecans.
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