Categories: Breakfast
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup plus 1 tbsp. packed brown sugar
- 8 oz. loaf crusty French bread, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 cups milk
- 6 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp plus 1 pinch cinnamon, or to taste
Directions
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Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
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Heat butter and 1 cup brown sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved, 2-4 minutes. Pour into prepared baking dish, then arrange bread pieces evenly over top.
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Beat together milk, eggs, vanilla, salt and 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a bowl. Pour mixture over bread, pressing on pieces to help absorb liquid. Sprinkle with remaining pinch cinnamon. Cover with plastic wrap and chill 8 hours or up to overnight.
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Preheat oven to 375.
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Sprinkle casserole with remaining tbsp. brown sugar. Bake, uncovered, until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes.