Dinner: Baked French Toast Casserole

Recipe by daniellavictoria Perfect for a Mother's Day brunch or even dessert! This was originally a very rich recipe that I found on the internet so I tried to tweak it to lower the fat. So yummy.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health benefits of Baked French Toast Casserole

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

6 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup low-fat milk
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1 loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch slices

Instructions

Generously butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Whisk eggs, half-and-half, milk, white sugar, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Dip each bread slice into egg mixture and arrange in overlapping rows in the prepared baking dish. Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Mix pecans, brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon nutmeg together in a bowl; spread evenly over bread in the baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and golden brown, about 45 minutes. Generously top French toast with confectioners' sugar.

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