Overnight Caramel Apple French Toast Bake – with Halfway Homemade Hacks!
by Robin
Apples and cinnamon are a beautiful combination. It’s tough to think of how to improve of such a brilliant pairing. Until caramel pops into your head. Yes! – the one way to make apples and cinnamon even more wonderful is with rich, sweet caramel.
I love make-ahead breakfasts for special mornings or entertaining. Like my Cranberry Apple Cobbler in the Slow Cooker – traditionally that’s what I like to make at Christmas. But this year I may shake things up a bit and make today’s recipe!
This Overnight Caramel Apple French Toast bake can be made the day before and is a brilliant breakfast treat. This recipe is A-MA-ZING! It’s super moist and fluffy and packed with caramel and apple flavour to savour. You can make it two ways:
- completely from scratch, using the recipe here plus this Microwave Caramel Sauce, or
- halfway homemade (in a fraction of the time) using canned apple pie filling and store-bought caramel sauce
Either way is a wonderful breakfast treat to remember!
Caramel Apple French Toast Bake
How to make this more simply: Just use canned apple pie filling instead of the steps above!
Add apples and stir.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Serve warm and pour more caramel sauce over top, to make extra fabulous.
Overnight Caramel Apple French Toast Bake
This make-ahead decadent dessert is A-MA-ZING! It is super moist and fluffy and packed with caramel, cinnamon and apple flavour.
Ingredients
- 2 Apples, chopped
- 1 Tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp butter
- ¼ Cup sugar
- 1 Loaf of bread, cubed
- 2 Eggs
- 2 ½ Cups milk
- ⅓ Cup sugar
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
- ½ Tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup caramel sauce (store-bought or this simple recipe), plus extra to pour over plated servings
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat cook the apples, cinnamon, butter and sugar until fork tender. Set aside.
- In a bowl whisk the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon until everything is incorporated.
- Transfer the diced bread to a baking dish and pour the egg mixture over. Toss until everything is coated.
- Top with the cooked apples and the caramel sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take the french toast to oven and bake for 40 minutes or until done.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1/6Amount Per Serving: Calories: 576Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 770mgCarbohydrates: 106gFiber: 5gSugar: 43gProtein: 17g
We’ve shared other wonderful breakfast ideas, that you’ll want to check out:
- Ed’s Quick and Easy Crustless Quiche
- Charlotte’s Berry Microwave Mug Muffin
- Simple yet Decadent Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole ~ with Chocolate!
- My cheaper and healthier Homemade Oatmeal Packets
- Our Banana Pancakes with Instant Pancake Mix with blueberries or chocolate chips
- 25+ Easy Make Ahead Christmas Breakfast Ideas ~ Sweet and Savory!
Robin and Ed are a DIY-loving couple with over 25 years of design and build experience. Also, Robin is a Nutritionist and former Registered Dietitian and Ed is an award-winning Business Educator. We share strategies for living a rich life on a DIY budget: creative money-savvy ideas for a stylish home, healthy meals and family fun. Our work has been published in the pages of Do It Yourself, Farmhouse Style and Better Homes & Gardens magazines.
