Name: Overnight Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole (with the BEST cinnamon whipped cream!)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 7 tablespoons butter, melted; 1 cup packed dark brown sugar; 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup; Roughly 10 pieces of sandwich bread; 6 eggs; 1 cup heavy cream; 3/4 cup milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon salt; ; 2 cups heavy cream; ¼ cup powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; ½ tsp ground cinnamon

Now that Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is coming I’m going to hopefully be sharing a few recipes related to Christmas. Growing up, my mom would make an overnight egg casserole on Christmas morning (I’ll share this recipe in the next few weeks too!) and I wanted to come up with a recipe that could be made the night before but was sweet instead of savory. I made this for some friends for dinner a few weeks ago and they have since asked when I’m putting it up on the blog so they can make it. They particularly were in love with the whipped cream.

Overnight Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole (with the BEST cinnamon whipped cream!)

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Make ahead french toast/cinnamon roll alternative for a delicious breakfast that makes the morning easy.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Yield: about 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale

Casserole-

7 tablespoons butter, melted

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Roughly 10 pieces of sandwich bread

6 eggs

1 cup heavy cream

3/4 cup milk

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 tsp ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

Topping-

2 cups heavy cream

¼ cup powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

½ tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

Casserole-

Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

In a small bowl combine melted butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Spread evenly onto the bottom of the baking dish. Place sandwich bread on bottom of pan so there’s one even layer of bread covering all the brown sugar mixture, cutting bread to fit tightly. *See picture below. Rip or cut remaining bread slices and sprinkle on top of even layer.

In a medium mixing bowl combine eggs, cream, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Mix together till well combined and pour over the bread. Press down on the bread with a spoon to make sure all bread has soaked the egg up. Cover with foil and place in fridge overnight.

Bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes covered and then an additional 15 minutes uncovered until no longer super jiggly.

Topping-

In a medium mixing bowl pour heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and ground cinnamon. Using a hand mixer, beat until desired consistency.

Serve a slice of casserole with the cinnamon whipped cream and enjoy.

Notes

You don’t have to put this in the fridge overnight, but it should be in the fridge for at least 2 hours so the bread has time to absorb the egg mixture.

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