I thought my Christmas morning pictures were deleted or lost but turns out that I took pictures with M.'s phone and forgot. Also, because I am not used to that phone, most of the pictures came out very blurry but I managed to find a winner! This is definitely late but, I am happy that I found them and I wanted to share.
I made a french toast casserole (recipe that M.'s mother shared with me) and a citrus salad with navel oranges and grapefruit. I used an apple glaze that I made from apple juice and cornstarch and chopped pistachios and raspberries for garnish. The casserole is something that I've made every Christmas morning for the past three years and it makes awesome cold left overs.
Here is the recipe for:
The French Toast Casserole
Ingredients:
- You will need a 9 x 11 dish
- some butter to grease the dish
- a large loaf of french bread
- 8 large eggs
- 1 cup of frozen mixed berries
- 1 cup of half and half cream
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 1/2 cup of cream cheese (or more if desired does not affect the recipe to add more)
Directions:
- Cut the bread in one inch thick slices and set aside
- Grease the dish with the butter
- Mix all the eggs, cream, cinnamon and vanilla together
- Dip each slice of bread to cover on both sides and layer (one layer only) in the dish (first of two layers)
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup of berries and 1/4 brick of cream cheese over the layer
- Dip and layer the rest of the bread- if there is any egg mixture left over take the remainder and spread it over the layer
- Sprinkle the remainder of the berries and cream cheese on the top layer
- Cover with foil and let it sit in the fridge for 1 hour at least. We want the egg to soak into the bread.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40mins or until the egg is cooked (not gooey) in between the layers. If the top layer starts to get a little crispy that's okay. The crunch is good. If you decide to use a convection oven, it will cook closer to 30 minutes.
- Let it cool for 10 mins and then cut into pieces.
Enjoy!
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