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French toast casserole is custardy and sweet and can be made with your favorite fruit. You can prep the French toast casserole overnight and bake it up in the morning. The whole house will smell amazing!<\/p>\n

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\nFrench toast casserole (sometimes called overnight French toast) is French toast that is prepared in a casserole dish the night before it is baked – allowing time for the liquid to absorb into the bread.<\/p>\n

Instead of frying it in a skillet, you bake it the oven the morning you plan to serve it.<\/p>\n

It tastes very similar to bread pudding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What Makes This The Best French Toast Casserole?<\/h2>\n

While I’ve made this casserole with challah, baguettes, and croissants before, I’ve found that brioche bread makes the very best French toast casserole<\/strong>. It is buttery and decadent and oh-so-good!<\/p>\n

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Brioche is a bread made from an enriched dough. This means instead of just having flour, water, yeast, and salt, brioche has the good stuff – butter, eggs, and sugar<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

It’s a light, pillowy bread<\/strong> that is perfect for absorbing liquid that you add to French toast.<\/p>\n

Because challah originates from Jewish homes that keep kosher, it can’t have butter in the recipe and still be served with a main meat course (milk and meat must be kept separate<\/a> in Kosher homes). Instead of using butter, challah is made with oil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s the butter that makes brioche better for French toast than challah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many people say that stale bread is the best for French toast. I disagree! Fresh brioche makes for a really moist French toast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tip<\/span><\/strong>: If you prefer drier French toast, try using a stale French baguette instead of Brioche. This recipe is designed to be incredibly moist.<\/p>\n

How to Make Strawberry French Toast Casserole<\/h2>\n

Start by ripping brioche apart into a 3 quart casserole dish. The whole point is to break the bread up so it isn’t one big piece. The size of the pieces you end up with doesn’t really matter.<\/p>\n

Tip<\/span><\/strong>: A 9″ x 13″ casserole dish is a perfect choice for this recipe. Although it’s a different shape from the DoveWare oval casserole dish<\/a> that I used, it will also hold 3 quarts.<\/p>\n

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Top with macerated strawberries<\/a>.<\/strong> Be sure to include all of the strawberry juice as well. Macerating strawberries is a method of bringing out the natural juices in the berries and making them sweeter and glossy.<\/strong> While fresh, unsugared strawberries work in this recipe, macerating them first makes them extra special.<\/p>\n

Tip: If you only have access to frozen strawberries, skip the maceration step. Once thawed, remove the berries from the liquid and whisk the sugar that you would have used to macerate the berries into the remaining juice.<\/p>\n

Pour a mixture of the eggs, milk, heavy whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla over the top.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, cover the dish and refrigerate overnight<\/strong> so it’s ready to bake and serve in the morning.<\/p>\n

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Bake until there is no liquid remaining. If you see any liquid pooling at the top of the dish, it’s not done yet.<\/p>\n

Tip<\/span><\/strong>: Food cooked in more shallow bakeware cooks more quickly.<\/strong> Since bakeware varies by brands, always keep an eye on your French toast as it nears completion to make sure it doesn’t get too dried out.<\/p>\n

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Serving Instructions<\/h2>\n

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French toast casserole is sweet enough that it doesn’t need any topping, but if you want it to be extra decadent, some topping suggestions are:<\/p>\n