How Simple Can It Get? Try Some Oven Baked French Toast This Weekend!

 Over winter break I made some oven baked French toast for my grandkids.  Of course, they loved it.  This recipe is super easy, which I needed that morning with two toddlers in the house!  While I was getting other things ready for breakfast, I flipped the French toast a few times, and then let the oven do the work of baking it to perfection. I served it with some homemade applesauce, yogurt, and maple syrup. Yum!

 This recipe comes from my Heritage School Cookbook, full of recipes from the moms of the 5th and 6th graders at the school where I got my first teaching job. It is one of my favorite cookbooks! You can see it in the second picture, totally dog eared and dripped on. You can find a few more from that cookbook in the list below as well as some favorites from family and friends.  Let me know how it goes!

Oven Baked French Toast

1.  Bowl #1:   Whisk together 4 eggs.  Then beat in 1/4 cup of maple syrup (or a blend of agave and maple) and 1/8 tsp. salt.

2.  Bowl #2:  Then whisk 1/4 1/2 cup milk with  1/2 tsp. baking powder.

3.  Combine Bowl 1 & 2:  Beat the milk mixture into the egg mixture. 

4.  Soak bread:  Place 8 slices of bread in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan and pour egg/milk mixture over the bread. Let soak for 30 minutes, turning frequently.

5.  Bake French toast:  Place bread on a lightly greased baking sheet. Melt 3 T of butter and stir in 1/4 tsp. nutmeg.  Brush over bread.  Bake at 425 for 8 minutes.

 Other breakfast recipes on this blog:

Pancakes
Fantastic Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes  (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
Gluten Free Banana Split Pancakes  (Another recipe from my daughter-in-law's family!)
Outstanding Gluten Free Oatmeal Pancakes  (From my Heritage School Cookbook, where I worked 3 1/2 years)
Family Favorite Gluten Free Buttermilk Pancakes (From my daughter's home ec teacher)
Crunchy & Delicious Potato Latkes  (From a flier in my sweet potato bag)
Tasty Gluten Free Swedish Pancakes    (From my Syre School Cookbook)
Protein Packed Gluten Free Ricotta Cheese Pancakes  (From my daughter-in-law's family)


Waffles, Crepes,  Fritters & Dutch Babies 
Rachel Ray's Pumpkin Spice Waffles Made Gluten Free & Dairy Free   (This is one I adapted from Rachel Ray)
Easy to Make Gluten Free Waffles  (From my Syre School Cookbook)
Incredible Gluten Free Crepes  (Mix of 2 recipes)
Old Fashioned Gluten Free Banana Fritters   (My grandmother's recipe!)
Amazing Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Dutch Baby  (From home ec recipe plus Internet search)

Egg Dishes
Sweet Potato Hash With Poached Eggs  (From my daughter's Internet search)
Hash Brown Egg Casserole  (From my friend Lisa)
Mexican Migas Breakfast Casserole  (Modified from a recipe from an airport cookbook)
Baked Zucchini Frittata  (I picked this up from a Whidbey Island farmer's market)
Jan's Sausage & Vegetable Frittata  (From a friend who was a home ec teacher)
Huevos Rancheros - A Fantastic South of the Border Breakfast  (I learned this years ago!)
Beautiful Eggs Florentine (Adapted from an Internet search)
Gluten Free Crustless Zucchini & Spinach Quiche  (From my Syre School Cookbook) 

Cereals
 Honey Almond Granola   (From the Heritage School Cookbook)
 Gluten Free Baked Oatmeal   (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)