Whole Dei

Our Christmas Days were beautiful and full of family, rest, reflections, and fantastic food. I served up the following baked french toast on Christmas Morning and quite like it! The top is all crispy with a hint o’ Irish, while the bottom is moist and ‘french toasty’. I think this will be a traditional Christmas Day offering for us!

Christmas Brunch

      Dee’s Baked Irish Toast

-          Bread torn into chunks (about 1 ½ loaves or commercial ‘Villagio’ type, or homemade French), spread into a greased 9×13 pan

Mixtogether:
-          12 eggs
-          1 ½ cups milk (choose your fat level)
-          ½ cup whipping cream
-          Juice from ½ a squeezed orange
-          ½ tbsp vanilla
-          1 tsp cinnamon
-          1 tsp baking powder

Topping:
-          ½ cup butter
-          ½  cup brown sugar
-          ½ cup chopped pecans

-          ½ cup Baileys Irish Cream

Pour egg mixture evenly over torn bread, followed by Baileys, and finally the butter/sugar mixture.Bake for 40 minutes at 350 (or until puffy and crisp on top)
Serve with whipped cream and maple syrup (or vanilla ice cream!)