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Overnight French Toast Casserole

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Overnight French Toast Casserole
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The magic happens overnight with this easy recipe for Overnight French Toast Casserole. Chunks of crusty bread soak up the egg mixture to make a delicious custard that cooks up in 30 minutes when you pop it in your Instant Pot in the morning. Overnight French Toast Casserole will sweeten up any morning. Recipe courtesy of Instant Pot.
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Servings
5
Overnight french toast casserole
Total time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
  • 1/2 loaf of day-old french bread, cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 8 large eggs
  • 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoon light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
  • 1 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
Directions
  1. Grease a (7 inch) cake pan with cooking spray.
  2. Arrange chunks of French bread in a single layer on bottom of pan.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt until fully combined.
  4. Pour egg mixture over French bread.
  5. Sprinkle cubed butter on top of French bread.
  6. Refrigerate, at least 2 hours, or overnight.
  7. Pour water into Instant Pot®.
  8. Place a trivet inside.
  9. Place a paper towel on top of cake pan and tightly cover with foil.
  10. Create a foil sling and use it to gently lower pan into Instant Pot®.
  11. Close lid and set pressure release to Sealing.
  12. Press Manual or Pressure Cook button and adjust time to 30 minutes.
  13. When the timer beeps, allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes and then quick release remaining pressure.
  14. Unlock lid and remove it.
  15. Carefully remove French toast casserole using foil sling.
  16. Remove foil and paper towel.
  17. Serve topped with maple syrup.
 
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