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Caramel Apple French Toast Casserole

An EASY recipe with a make-ahead overnight option! Soft bread, juicy apples, and buttery streusel topping is pure DECADENT comfort food!!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 470 kcal
Course: Breakfast , Bread
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

French Toast
  • 1 pound French bread diced in 1 to 1 1/2-inch cubes (I used day old)
  • 3 cups apples diced small (I used unpeeled Gala, you can peel if desired and use another variety of apple if desired)
  • 8 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups milk I prefer 2% or whole
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
Streusel
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour plus 1 to 2 tablespoons more if needed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • ½ cup caramel or salted caramel sauce optional but recommended for serving
  • maple syrup optional for serving (not needed if using caramel)

Instructions

French Toast:
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  1. Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray, add the bread pieces, apples, and toss with your hands to mix; set aside.
  2. To a large bowl, add the eggs, and lightly beat to break the yolks and combine.
  3. Add the milk, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and whisk to combine.
  4. Evenly drizzle the liquid mixture over the bread and apples.
  5. Cover pan, and place it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, or up to 12 hours overnight.
  6. Preheat oven to 350F and remove pan from the fridge while oven is preheating.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes and while French toast ist baking, prepare the streusel topping.
Streusel:
  1. To a medium bowl, add 3/4 cup flour, sugars, cinnamon, salt, and stir with fork to combine.
  2. Drizzle in the melted butter and mix and fluff very lightly with a fork to combine until small marbles and pebbles form. You are not ‘stirring’, you are fluffing lightly and gently. If the dough is very wet and is not fluffing into small pebbles and marbles, add 1 to 2 additional tablespoons of flour; set aside until the French toast has baked for 20 minutes.
  3. Pull the casserole dish from the oven, evenly sprinkle with the streusel, return to oven, and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until lightly golden browned on top.
  4. Optionally but recommended, before serving, evenly drizzle caramel sauce or salted caramel sauce over the top, and/or lightly drizzle maple syrup, and serve immediately. Recipe is best warm and fresh.

Notes

  • French Toast adapted from Overnight Caramel French Toast Casserole.
  • Streusel adapted from Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 470kcal (24%) Carbohydrates 84g (28%) Protein 11g (22%) Fat 11g (17%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat 4g Cholesterol 142mg (47%) Sodium 622mg (26%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 55g (110%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 470

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 470kcal 24%
Carbohydrates 84g 28%
Protein 11g 22%
Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g 24%
Cholesterol 142mg 47%
Sodium 622mg 26%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 55g 110%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.