Easy Recipes: Christmas Morning French Toast

Ingredients:

• 1/2 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup

Directions:

Butter a 9×13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.

The following morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.