Raspberry French Toast Breakfast Casserole

Raspberry French Toast Breakfast Casserole – This beautiful dish may look fancy but, it’s an easy recipe and comes out perfectly divine tasting. Great for breakfast, brunch, and even dessert. Always a huge hit with family and friends.

So glad my dear friend Regina found this delicious French toast recipe in the Food Network Magazine. She made a couple tweaks and her family loved it. Now, I make it for my family and they also love it. It’s a perfect occasional indulgence that I won’t feel guilty about enjoying every single bite of.

Great for a Sunday brunch when company comes to visit. It’s elegant yet so simple to throw together. I have also served this as a dessert. It was a big hit on a dessert table. A nice warm piece of this and a dollop of whip cream. How good does that sound?  Bake one of these beauties up soon, you and everyone who tastes this will be so happy you did. Beyond yummy that’s for sure!

Raspberry French Toast Breakfast Casserole

Yields: about 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 loaf challah bread, sliced into 1-inch slices
• 1 1/2 cups raspberry jam, homemade or store bought
• 2 cups half & half
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 6 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 pint raspberries, you can use frozen, just let thaw and pat dry
• powdered sugar for dusting

Raspberries are naturally sweet and high in fiber!

Directions:

1. Butter the inside of a 10 inch cast iron skillet (This is the one I used in blue, comes in other colors, I love it!)
2. Cut bread into 1 inch slices and then in half
3. Spread jam on one side of each bread slice
4. Place the bread in the skillet with crust side up
5. Whisk the following:  half & half, vanilla, eggs, 2 tablespoons sugar
6. Pour mixture over bread in skillet and refrigerate for 4 hours (or overnight)
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
8. Scatter 1/2 of the raspberries on top of the casserole and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar
9. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden
10. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and top with remaining raspberries. 

Enjoy the deliciousness!

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Raspberry French Toast Breakfast Casserole

Raspberry French Toast Breakfast Casserole - This beautiful dish may look fancy but, it's an easy recipe and comes out perfectly divine tasting. Great for breakfast, brunch, and even dessert. Always a huge hit with family and friends.

Course Breakfast, brunch, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Baked French Toast, French Toast, French Toast Casserole, raspberries, Raspberry French Toast

Servings 8

Author Regina

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 loaf challah bread, sliced into 1-inch slices
• 1 1/2 cups raspberry jam, homemade or store bought
• 2 cups half and half
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 6 large or extra large eggs
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp granulated sugar
• 1 pint raspberries, you can use frozen, just let thaw and pat dry
• powdered sugar for dusting on top

Instructions

1. 1.Butter the inside of a 10 inch cast iron skillet

   2.Cut bread into 1 inch slices and then in half

   3.Spread jam on one side of each bread slice

   4.Place the bread in the skillet with crust side up

   5.Whisk the following: half & half, vanilla, eggs, 2 tablespoons sugar

   6.Pour mixture over bread in skillet and refrigerate for 4 hours (or overnight)

   7.Preheat oven to 350 degrees

   8.Scatter 1/2 of the raspberries on top of the casserole and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar

   9.Bake for 40 minutes or until golden

   10.Dust with powdered sugar and top with remaining raspberries, enjoy!

Totally sweet and delicious!