Overnight Praline French Toast Bake

Melt. Lightly oil a 9 x 13 now pan or shallow 1.9-litre casserole glaze melt the butter now in a saucepan and mix in the brown sugar and now syrup bring the mixture to a now cook gently cooking until the sugar melts stream the glaze into the prepared pan spreading it now to the corners lay the slices of bread now in the pan atop the glaze use baguettes now for smaller servings a fat loaf of italian bread now for larger servings leftover stale bread now works well here kids may prefer now softer sandwich type bread which will now make softer smoother french toast adults seem now to prefer bread with more body custard beat together the cream half now and half or milk now eggs or egg substitute now the flavor and the salt stream now it over the bread in the pan now pressing the bread down into the custard lid the pan and chill overnight or for up now to 24 hours when now you re ready to cook in the oven heat the oven to 175 c sprinkle the cinnamon and nutmeg now evenly over the custard soaked bread cook in the oven the french toast for 40 to 45 now minutes until it s bubbly and now the top is very lightly browned take out it from the oven and let it to leave to go cold for 10 to 15 minutes before serving bring to the table individual slices of bread now turning it over on now the plate so the syrupy bottom is now on top garnish with finely chopped toasted pecans now or chopped cooked bacon if desired this now can also be made as bread pudding simply slice or tear leftover bread into now 1 2 pieces and lay pieces one layer deep now tightly packed in the pan.