Baked French Toast {54/365}

{My piece drizzled with maple syrup...delicious!}

I've made this Baked French Toast several times now and every time we want to eat the entire pan in one sitting.  We don't.  But it's just that good.  

Besides the fact that it is amazingly delicious, there are other great things about this recipe.  1) It's perfect to make the night before!  Just sprinkle on the streusel topping before you bake it and then throw it in the oven. 2) It's awesome for using up stale or freezer burnt bread.  (This batch I made this morning is from bread that had been hiding in the church freezer for 8+ months and was really freezer burnt.  The french toast still tasted fantastic!)

The first time I made this Baked French Toast, I used the exact ingredients, but since then I've changed it up a bit to make it not so uber-fattening.  My changes are:

-Use 2% milk (or skimmer) instead of whole milk

-Use 1/2 and 1/2 instead of heavy cream

-Add an extra egg if using skimmer milk

-Reduce the sugar from 3/4 cup to 1/2 cup 

-Increase the cinnamon in the streusel topping from 1tsp. to 1 1/2 tsp.  We like cinnamon!

Now, go make this for your breakfast tomorrow.  You'll thank me.  =)