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Ooey Gooey Bananas Foster French Toast Casserole

Banana Foster French Toast is an over-the-top breakfast casserole with sweet caramelized bananas and a custardy bread pudding. It tastes as wonderful as it sounds, and is great when you have house guests. This recipe is prepped the night before and refrigerated overnight. Before serving, just pop it in the oven, and you’re ready to eat in no time!
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Southern
Servings: 8 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Refrigeration: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 55 minutes

Equipment

  • 9x13 inch baking dish
  • baking tray

Ingredients
 

  • 8 Tbsp Butter (1 stick)
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup cream
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ spt allspice
  • ¼ cup pecans
  • 3 large bananas (sliced into ¼ inch slices, about 3 cups)
  • 4 slices Challah bread (2 inches wide, about ½ lb loaf)
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Add butter to a large bowl and microwave until melted. Add brown sugar, cream, cinnamon, allspice, and pecans and stir until combined. Gently fold in sliced bananas.
  • Spread into the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  • Slice bread into 1 ½ to 2 inch slices and place on the top, filling all the space.
  • Whisk together the milk, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla and pour it over the bread.
  • Cover and refrigerate overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 375º. Bake uncovered for 35-40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes. Turn the oven to broil.
  • Invert the French toast into a rimmed ¼ sheet pan and place under the broiler for 2-3 minutes, watching carefully so that it doesn’t burn.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
  • If you’re using a glass baking dish, let it sit on the counter to come to room temperature before placing it in the oven, or the dish could crack.
  • When broiling your casserole, watch it very carefully. The sugars in the dish can burn fast, so when you see the top browning and the bananas starting to bubble, remove it. Be careful! It will be very hot.
  • Fresh Challah will work, but stale bread will work even better! If your bread is a day or two old, it will soak up the egg mixture very nicely.
  • You don’t have to invert the casserole and broil it. Instead, you can serve it in spoonfuls directly from the pan.

Nutrition

Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 241mg | Potassium: 180mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 790IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 1mg
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