Dulce De Leche French Overnight Toast Casserole
This Overnight French Toast Casserole is a quick and easy recipe you can make ahead and bake in the morning! This breakfast casserole is infused with wonderfully sweet caramel-like dulce de leche, is decadently delicious and all prepared in advance! It is ideal for busy mornings, special occasions breakfast (hello Mother's Day!) and crowds. This French Toast Casserole recipe is delicious plain or top with syrup, ice cream and/or berries for a make ahead dessert. Whatever you do, don't skip the Brown Sugar Pecan Topping - its out of this world!
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
French Toast
- 1 loaf 2 day-old French bread cut into 1 1/2” cubes*
- 6 eggs
- 1 13.4 oz. can dulce de leche
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Brown Sugar Pecan Topping
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed (1 stick)
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- dash of salt
Garnish
- Fresh berries
- syrup
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
Dulce De Leche French Toast
- Lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray then add French bread cubes.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all remaining French Toast ingredients then pour over French bread cubes. Gently stir bread to evenly coat. Cover pan and refrigerate overnight.
Brown Sugar Pecan Crumble**
- Add butter, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon to food processor and pulse until it resembles coarse pebbles.*** Add pecans and vanilla and pulse until evenly combined.
Bake
- Evenly sprinkle Brown Sugar Pecan Crumble over the bread and bake at 350 F degrees for 40-50 minutes, depending on how soft/”eggy” you like it. Serve with fresh berries and syrup if desired.
Notes
Total prep time does not include refrigerating the French Toast overnight.
*I cut my bread into cubes when I first buy it, then let the bread dry out on my counter that day then make my French Toast Casserole the following night. If you don't have time for day old bread, you can buy fresh bread, cube it, spread it out on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes.
**The Brown Sugar Pecan Crumble can be made the same time as the French Toast then refrigerated or prepared the morning of baking the casserole.
***If you don’t have a food processor, add ingredients to a mixing bowl and cut butter into brown sugar with pastry cutter, 2 forks, etc.
*I cut my bread into cubes when I first buy it, then let the bread dry out on my counter that day then make my French Toast Casserole the following night. If you don't have time for day old bread, you can buy fresh bread, cube it, spread it out on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes.
**The Brown Sugar Pecan Crumble can be made the same time as the French Toast then refrigerated or prepared the morning of baking the casserole.
***If you don’t have a food processor, add ingredients to a mixing bowl and cut butter into brown sugar with pastry cutter, 2 forks, etc.