Praline Pecan French Toast Recipes

PRALINE PECAN FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix half-and-half, eggs, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar together in a large shallow bowl; add French bread. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place butter in a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Place casserole dish in the preheating oven to melt butter, about 5 minutes. Swirl butter over bottom of the dish.
• Spread brown sugar, maple syrup, and pecans over the melted butter. Arrange soaked bread atop pecan mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until French toast is cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

PAULA DEEN'S PRALINE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Generously butter a 13 X 9 inch casserole dish;.
• Mix the eggs, half and half, maple syrup,and sugar in a large bowl.
• Place the bread slices in the prepared casserole dish and cover with the egg mixture: cover with plastic wrap and let soak overnight in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; remove the casserole from refrigerator.
• Make the Topping: melt the butter in a saucepan; add sugar and maple syrup and cook for 1 to 2 minutes; stir in pecans;.
• Pour the mixture over the bread and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, allow to cool 10 minutes before serving, enjoy.

PRALINE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking dish generously with butter.
• Cut the bread crosswise into twenty 1-inch thick slices.
• Arrange the slices in two overlapping rows.
• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Beat with a whisk until the custard mixture is blended but not too foamy.
• Pour the custard over the bread slices, making sure they all are covered evenly.
• Spoon some of the custard in between the slices.
• Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Meanwhile, prepare the praline topping: in a medium bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, pecans, corn syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg; blend well with a fork.
• Spread the topping evenly over the bread slices.
• Bake until puffed and lightly golden, about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the raspberry syrup: in a small saucepan, heat the preserves, liqueur, and 3 tablespoons water over medium heat.
• Stir until warm and thinned out to a syruplike consistency.
• Serve the French toast casserole drizzled with the raspberry syrup.

OVERNIGHT PECAN PRALINE BAKED FRENCH TOAST RECIPE

Steps:

• SLICE FRENCH BREAD INTO 20 SLICES, 1-INCH EACH. (USE ANY EXTRA BREAD FOR GARLIC TOAST OR BREAD CRUMBS). ARRANGE SLICES IN A GENEROUSLY BUTTERED 9 BY 13-INCH FLAT BAKING DISH IN 2 ROWS, OVERLAPPING THE SLICES.
• IN A LARGE BOWL, COMBINE THE EGGS, HALF-AND-HALF, MILK, SUGAR, VANILLA, CINNAMON, NUTMEG AND SALT AND BEAT WITH A ROTARY BEATER OR WHISK UNTIL BLENDED BUT NOT TOO BUBBLY.
• POUR MIXTURE OVER THE BREAD SLICES, MAKING SURE ALL ARE COVERED EVENLY WITH THE MILK-EGG MIXTURE. SPOON SOME OF THE MIXTURE IN BETWEEN THE SLICES. COVER WITH FOIL AND REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT.
• THE NEXT DAY, PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F.
• SPREAD PRALINE TOPPING EVENLY OVER THE BREAD AND BAKE FOR 40 MINUTES, UNTIL PUFFED AND LIGHTLY GOLDEN. SERVE WITH MAPLE SYRUP.
• PRALINE TOPPING INSTRUCTIONS:
• COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS IN A MEDIUM BOWL AND BLEND WELL. MAKES ENOUGH FOR BAKED FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE.

PRALINE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In small bowl, stir together brown sugar, melted butter and syrup. Pour into baking dish. Sprinkle with pecans.
• In medium bowl, stir together eggs, milk, granulated sugar, cinnamon and vanilla with whisk. Arrange bread slices over pecans; pour egg mixture over bread. Cover; refrigerate 8 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Uncover baking dish. Bake 35 to 37 minutes or until golden brown.