Baked French Toast with Syrup

Made this for brunch today. He gave it 5/5 stars and a raised arm. I said Yum. Bonus: less hassle and faster than french toast.

Baked French Toast

Ingredients

• 5 cups bread cubes
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Add butter in pan and place in pre-heating oven.
2. Line bottom of pan with bread cubes. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and vanilla. pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with butter; let stand for 10 minutes.
3. Combine remaining 4 tablespoons sugar with 1 tablespoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the top. Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden. Note: I shortened all steps where possible. This recipe is easily eyeballed.

Syrup:

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon maple flavored extract

Directions

1. Bring the water, white sugar, and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in the maple extract; simmer 3 minutes longer.