French Toast Casserole

French Toast Casserole (from AllRecipes, Servings: 3, Total Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes)

Ingredients

·         2 ½ cups bread cubes

·         2 eggs

·         ¾ cups milk

·         1/8 cup white sugar, divided

·         1/8 tsp. salt

·         ½ tsp. vanilla extract

·         ½ Tbsp. margarine, softened

·         ½ tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

1.)    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2.)    Lightly butter an 8x8 inch baking pan.

3.)    Line bottom of pan with bread cubes.

4.)    In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, 1 Tbsp. sugar, salt and vanilla. Pour egg mixture over bread. Dot with margarine; let stand for 10 minutes.

5.)    Combine remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar with 1 tsp. cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.

6.)    Bake in preheated oven about 45 to 50 minutes, until top is golden.

I made this for my husband for his birthday breakfast.  It came out soft and fluffy – very good looking – and made the whole house smell like cinnamon.  He loved it!  He topped it with some maple syrup and had at it!