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Oven - Baked French Toast with Maple Syrup and Blueberry Sauce

All baked in one dish with a crispy, sweet and cinnamon crust and a soft and fluffy under-layer, this delicious and filling breakfast is a baked version of French Toast.

Course Breakfast, brunch
Keyword blueberries, Cinnamon, french toast, oven baked
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Author Susan

Ingredients

For the French Toast:

  • 10g unsalted butter
  • 4 large eggs
  • 300ml single cream
  • 100ml milk
  • 4 teaspoons sweetener e.g. honey, maple syrup, agave nectar or sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 300g bread, ideally brioche (or white or brown bread) cut into cubes about 2 cms square

Topping:

  • 1½ teaspoons granulated or caster sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon cinnamon powder

Blueberry Sauce:

  • 250g fresh blueberries
  • 25ml/5 teaspoons sugar, honey or maple syrup
  • 25ml/5 teaspoons water

Serving Suggestions:

  • Maple syrup
  • Crispy smoked streaky bacon
  • Natural yoghurt or skyr
  • Fresh fruit
  • Cooked fruit
  • Flavoured yoghurt

Instructions

For the French Toast:

  1. Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.

  2. Preheat oven to Fan Oven 160°C /180°C/350°F/Gas 4

  3. Grease your baking dish with the butter.

  4. Thoroughly mix the eggs, cream, milk, sweetener, cinnamon and vanilla extract.

  5. Chop the brioche into 2cm/1¾ inch squares.

  6. Pour ⅓ of the egg custard into the base of the baking dish

  7. Scatter over the brioche squares

  8. Pour in the remaining egg custard

  9. Leave for at least 3 minutes for the brioche to soak up some egg custard - or you can make this the day before and leave it covered and in the fridge overnight.

  10. Cook for 30 – 40 minutes until lightly browned, crunchy on the top, slightly raised at the sides and the egg custard is set. (If cooking straight from the fridge it might need an extra 5 - 10 minutes in the oven.

  11. If desired sprinkle over some extra sugar and cinnamon and serve with your choice of serving options.

Blueberry Sauce:

  1. Add the maple syrup and water to the blueberries.

  2. Bring to a gentle simmer for around 5 minutes or until the blueberries have broken down to your liking.

  3. Pour into a jug ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

Equipment:

  • Kitchen scales and measuring spoons
  • Saucepan
  • Measuring jug
  • Electric or hand whisk
  • Large dish roughly 10 inches by 10 inches