Best 8 Pecan Delight Baked French Toast Recipes

OVERNIGHT PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish, combine the eggs, cream and vanilla. Add bread slices; soak for 5 minutes. Turn bread over; cover and refrigerate overnight., In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, syrup and pecans. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with bread. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

PRALINE PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk eggs, half-and-half, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until mixture is smooth and brown sugar has dissolved. Pour 1 cup egg mixture into prepared baking dish. Arrange slices of French bread into baking dish and pour remaining egg mixture evenly over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; mix 3/4 cup brown sugar and maple syrup into butter, stirring until smooth. Bring syrup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir pecans into syrup. Spoon pecan praline syrup evenly over French toast casserole.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven until set and golden brown, about 30 minutes.

PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla and salt; pour over bread. Let stand for 10 minutes, turning once. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and corn syrup; cook over medium heat until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish; sprinkle with pecans. Top with bread. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 160°, 30-35 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter. Serve immediately.

BAKED FRENCH TOAST WITH PECAN CRUMBLE

Steps:

• For french toast:
• Spread out bread on a rimmed baking sheet; let stand overnight.
• Butter a 13x9" baking dish. Cut bread so slices are similar in size. Arrange, overlapping, in rows in prepared dish.
• Whisk eggs, egg yolks, cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl. Pour over bread, pressing bread to help it soak up custard. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• For pecan crumble and assembly:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Pulse pecans, butter, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until nuts are coarsely chopped.
• Scatter pecan crumble over soaked bread. Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet and cover tightly with foil. Bake until warmed through (a knife inserted into the center should feel warm to the touch), 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and bake until deeply browned, 35-40 minutes longer. Let cool slightly before serving with Blackberry Syrup.
• Bread can be soaked 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Pecan mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

BAKED PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place the eggs, milk, sugar, nutmeg or cinnamon and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
• Mist the bottom of a 12 by 8-inch glass casserole with vegetable oil spray or brush with melted butter.
• Place the bread slices in a single layer in the pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over the bread, distributing it evenly.
• Turn the bread slices once.
• Cover the pan with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.
• The next morning, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Remove the pan from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap.
• Sprinkle the bread slices with pecans and drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bread slices puff up and pecans are deep brown but not burned.
• Serve warm with maple syrup.
• Instead of a cup of milk, use 2/3 cup orange juice and 1/3 cup of the milk.
• You can vary this further by adding a little grated orange zest with the pecans before baking.

MAPLE-PECAN FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Steps:

• Mix milk, half-and-half, eggs, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a large bowl until well combined.
• Layer bread slices in a greased 9x13-inch baking dish. Pour egg mixture over the bread slices. Cover and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove French toast from the refrigerator.
• Mix brown sugar, pecans, butter, and maple syrup together; spread topping evenly over the French toast.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, about 40 minutes.

BAKED FRENCH TOAST WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Stir butter, brown sugar and maple syrup in heavy saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth. Pour into 9" X 13" glass baking dish. Sprinkle pecans over butter mixture.
• Whisk eggs, cream, cinnamon and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Dip bread slices into egg mixture and arrange in single layer in prepared dish.
• Pour remaining egg mixture over bread slices in dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refridgerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350F/180°C Bake French toast uncovered until golden brown and puffed and knife inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Cut into six pieces. Serve pecan-side up with additional warm maple syrup.

OVERNIGHT PECAN PRALINE BAKED FRENCH TOAST RECIPE

Steps:

• SLICE FRENCH BREAD INTO 20 SLICES, 1-INCH EACH. (USE ANY EXTRA BREAD FOR GARLIC TOAST OR BREAD CRUMBS). ARRANGE SLICES IN A GENEROUSLY BUTTERED 9 BY 13-INCH FLAT BAKING DISH IN 2 ROWS, OVERLAPPING THE SLICES.
• IN A LARGE BOWL, COMBINE THE EGGS, HALF-AND-HALF, MILK, SUGAR, VANILLA, CINNAMON, NUTMEG AND SALT AND BEAT WITH A ROTARY BEATER OR WHISK UNTIL BLENDED BUT NOT TOO BUBBLY.
• POUR MIXTURE OVER THE BREAD SLICES, MAKING SURE ALL ARE COVERED EVENLY WITH THE MILK-EGG MIXTURE. SPOON SOME OF THE MIXTURE IN BETWEEN THE SLICES. COVER WITH FOIL AND REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT.
• THE NEXT DAY, PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F.
• SPREAD PRALINE TOPPING EVENLY OVER THE BREAD AND BAKE FOR 40 MINUTES, UNTIL PUFFED AND LIGHTLY GOLDEN. SERVE WITH MAPLE SYRUP.
• PRALINE TOPPING INSTRUCTIONS:
• COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS IN A MEDIUM BOWL AND BLEND WELL. MAKES ENOUGH FOR BAKED FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE.