Challah Bread Overnight French Toast
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Serves: 10-12
 
Ingredients
  • 1 loaf Challah bread, cut into ½ inch slices
  • ¼ C coconut oil
  • ½ C pure maple syrup, plus more for serving
  • 1 C milk
  • 1 C half and half
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp Gran Marnier or Disaronno
  • ⅓ C raisins
Instructions
  1. In a bowl whisk coconut oil and maple syrup. Pour into a 9x13 casserole dish.
  2. Use the same bowl to whisk milk, half and half, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and gran marnier.
  3. Layer Challah bread slices in the pan over maple syrup/coconut oil. Sprinkle half of raisins over the first layer and the other half over the second layer of bread. Cover all holes by tearing bread into pieces to fill the holes. Pour egg mixture over bread, coating bread evenly. Sprinkle top with remaining raisins.
  4. Cover with foil and let sit overnight, the bread with soak up the milk/egg mixture.
  5. The next morning remove the french toast from the fridge and preheat oven to 350. Bake for 40 minutes uncovered until golden brown and puffed. Cut into squares and serve with additional maple syrup, fresh strawberries, powdered sugar, etc.
Recipe by Good Thyme Kitchen at https://www.goodthymekitchen.com/challah-bread-overnight-french-toast/