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

1. Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Preheat oven to 375.

5. Sprinkle casserole with remaining tbsp. brown sugar. Bake, uncovered, until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes.

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