Cranberry Overnight French Toast
Try make-ahead French Toast this holiday season! Seasonal and super flavorful, Cranberry Overnight French Toast is a lovely breakfast or brunch idea for any size gathering. Starring fresh cranberries, this French toast can be made the night ahead for easy entertaining and less stress the morning of. Paired with a homemade cranberry syrup, Cranberry Overnight French Toast is the perfect breakfast for Christmas morning or any holiday gathering!
Cranberries.
French Toast.
Casserole.
Cranberry freakin’ Maple Syrup.
This final Christmas breakfast recipe I’m bringing y’all today is allllllllll kinds of delightful.
Especially if you’re into sweet breakfasts.
That said, this breakfast isn’t too sweet. Because I don’t do stuff too saccharine these days. And because a too sweet Christmas breakfast is a pretty bad idea, especially if you have plans throughout the day, as opposed to just plans that morning. (Because, hi, a subsequent sugar rush then crash is inevitable when something is crazy sugar-y.)
I like to think this overnight French toast is the perfect holiday breakfast.
This recipe starts off with a very stale baguette. (I recommend cutting it into 1″ cubes, then letting it hang out for a few days. It’s really challenging to cut into an already-stale baguette.)
The custard base includes milk, eggs, yogurt, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
And then we add cranberries to add a bit of brightness and tartness to the dish.
You make it the night before so the custard-y goodness can soak into the bread.
Then you bake it the morning of and serve it with homemade cranberry syrup, which I’m fairly positive I could drink a gallon of. You know, if forced.
What tools and products do I need to make this French toast?
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Looking for another, different kind of breakfast for Christmas morning? I suggest checking out my Hearty Holiday Quiche, these Eggnog Pancakes, Pumpkin Overnight French Toast Casserole and Praline French Toast! This Cranberry Coffee Cake would make a lovely cranberry-flavored addition to the table.
If you’re all in for this overnight French toast, scroll on down to discover how easy it’ll be to make this year!
Cranberry Overnight French Toast
Ingredients
Cranberry French Toast Casserole
- 12 oz. baguette cut into 1″ cubes and stale
- ¾ cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup pure maple syrup
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Cranberry Syrup
- 1 ½ cups pure maple syrup
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
Equipment
- Serrated knife
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Instructions
Prepare the Casserole (The Night Before)
- Place the cubed baguette in a greased 9"x13" baking dish.
- Sprinkle in the cranberries, and mix around until the cranberries and bread are interspersed.
- In a large bowl, measure in the milk, yogurt, maple syrup, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon. Using a whisk or a fork, stir until well combined.
- Pour the wet ingredients on top of the dry ingredients.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight.
Make the Cranberry Syrup (Please note that this can be done in advance or the morning of.)
- In a medium-sized saucepan, measure in the maple syrup and cranberries.
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the cranberries have softened significantly.
- Strain, and serve warm.
Bake the French Toast Casserole (The Morning Of)
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Remove the plastic wrap from the baking dish.
- Sprinkle more ground cinnamon on top of the casserole.
- Bake the French Toast casserole for 45 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and enjoy warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Would you rather a sweet or savory breakfast on Christmas?
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” 1 baguette”? A finished quantity of cut up 1″ cubes would be helpful since baguettes come in various sizes.
Hi Jon. Thanks for asking for clarification. The baguettes I purchase from the store are between 12-13 oz., so they’re on the larger size. I hope that helps.