Raspberry Baked French Toast
This raspberry baked French toast is your brunch ace in the hole: thick brioche, tart berries, and a vanilla-cardamom custard that does all its work while you sleep.
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 9x9 square baking pan
Ingredients
- 8 slices brioche bread, sliced about 3/4-1 inch thick
- 1 cup fresh raspberries, divided
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tbsp butter
- powdered sugar and maple syrup for serving
Instructions
- Assemble the French toast the night before you plan to bake and serve it. Start by slicing your bread in half and arranging it in your 9x9 square baker. Overlap the slices slightly, and tuck in about half a cup of the fresh raspberries around and underneath the slices of bread.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the milk, half and half, eggs, cardamom, salt, sugar, and vanilla bean paste. Whisk well until smooth and well combined.
- Pour the milk and egg mixture over the bread in the pan, covering everything. Gently press the bread down so that it is mostly submerged in the mixture. Cover tightly and place in the fridge overnight.
- The next morning, preheat your oven to 350F.
- When it is preheated, take the French toast out of the fridge. Cut 1 tbsp of butter into small pieces and dot them over the surface of the bread. Scatter the remaining 1/2 cup of raspberries over the surface as well.
- Bake for about 1 hour or until puffed and just barely wobbly in the center.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool very briefly before topping with powdered sugar.
- Serve warm with maple syrup.
Notes
*recipe inspired by this one from Food and Wine: cardamom-baked-french-toast
Nutrition
Calories: 250 kcal · Carbohydrates: 26 g · Protein: 7 g · Fat: 13 g · Saturated Fat: 7 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 0.1 g · Cholesterol: 113 mg · Sodium: 281 mg · Potassium: 106 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 9 g · Vitamin A: 511 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 85 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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