Overnight Oven French Toast

Yield:
Serves 8

Ingredients:

  1. 1 loaf French bread
  2. 5 large eggs or 1 1/4 cups egg substitute
  3. 3/4 cup fat-free half-and-half
  4. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  5. 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  6. 1 bag (20 oz.) frozen whole strawberries, partially thawed
  7. 4 ripe bananas, sliced
  8. 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
  9. 1 tablespoon apple pie spice
  10. Pinch of ground cinnamon
Directions:

The night before cooking, cut the bread into 1-inch slices and arrange in a 9- by 13-inch non-stick baking pan.

In a bowl, beat the eggs, half-and-half, vanilla and baking powder until blended. Pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

The next morning, heat oven to 450 degrees. Remove bread to a plate. In the baking pan where the bread was soaking, mix the strawberries (thawed enough to separate), bananas, 3/4 sugar and the apple pie spice. Top with bread. Sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of sugar and the cinnamon.

Bake until toast is lightly browned, about 20 minutes.


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