Praline Pecan French Toast

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 8 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 8 slices french bread
• 1/4 cup butter, or more as needed
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar, or more to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs 45 mins


• mix half-and-half, eggs, vanilla, and 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar together in a large shallow bowl; add french bread. cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• place butter in a 9x13-inch casserole dish. place casserole dish in the preheating oven to melt butter, about 5 minutes. swirl butter over bottom of the dish.
• spread brown sugar, maple syrup, and pecans over the melted butter. arrange soaked bread atop pecan mixture.
• bake in the preheated oven until french toast is cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes. sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.