oven baked caramel apple french toast

Name: Oven Baked Caramel Apple French Toast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) dark brown sugar; 3 tablespoon(s) white corn syrup (karo or other); 6 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 cup(s) chopped pecans; 3 - each golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and sliced (or you may use pears instead!); 1/3 cup(s) water; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 3 tablespoon(s) white sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) each: lemon juice and cornstarch; 12 slice(s) french bread or challah, 1 inch thick; 12 ounce(s) cream cheese; 6 - large eggs; 1 cup(s) milk (whole milk preferably); 1 cup(s) whipping cream or half n half; 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract; 2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; ## OPTIONAL GARNISHES:; - confectioner's sugar, whipped cream, chopped pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg

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100 Pinches

Sher Bird

Bellevue, WA

Updated on Sep 3, 2011

Wonderful oven baked breakfast fit for company or just the family on a lazy Sunday morning. This is a "Make Ahead" dish to refrigerate overnight, then bake the next day! *You can substitute Pears for the apples

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 1 Hr

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yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons white corn syrup (karo or other)
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped pecans
3 - each golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and sliced (or you may use pears instead!)
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon each: lemon juice and cornstarch
12 slices french bread or challah, 1 inch thick
12 ounces cream cheese
6 - large eggs
1 cup milk (whole milk preferably)
1 cup whipping cream or half n half
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
OPTIONAL GARNISHES:
- confectioner's sugar, whipped cream, chopped pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg

How To Make oven baked caramel apple french toast

Step 1

Generously grease a 9x13" oven baking pan. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.

Step 2

Combne brown sugar, white corn syrup, and butter in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring often. Pour into bottom of greased oven dish, spread out evenly. Spread pecans over.
Step 3

Combine the apples, water, cinmamon, white sugar, lemon juice and cook, stirring constnatly, in sauce pan over medium heat just until apples slices begin to soften up. Add the cornstarch, mix in well and continue to stir until mixture thickens up, then remove from the heat.
Step 4

Place just six of the bread slices in a single layer in the baking dish over the caramel layer. Thickly spread each slice with some cream cheese. Distribute the apple mixture over the bread slices in the pan. Pour apple mixture over the bread. Cover the pan with the remaining 6 slices of bread.
Step 5

Mix together the eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, connamon. Pour this over the bread in the baking dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight (not for more than 24 hours).
Step 6

Remove pan from refrigerator, and remove cover. Bake for 1 hour in a 350 deg. oven until browned and slightly puffy. Remove from oven and immediately place portions on serving plates. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. If desired add whipped cream and a garnish of more chopped pecans, cinnamon, or nutmeg.
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