I love this challah bread baked French toast! It’s flavor packed, easy to make and perfect for the holidays, a lazy weekend brunch or even a weeknight dinner that the kids will love!
This baked French toast features the challah bread as the star, I love challah bread so that alone makes this recipe win for me, but wait there’s more! It is also filled with warm spices and topped with cinnamon toast crunch that gets nice and caramelized when this bakes.
The French toast it’s self isn’t overly sweet so you can add maple syrup when you serve it and it tastes like a really decadent and delicious French toast.
What you need to make challah bread baked French toast:
Serves 8 – makes 1 large casserole dish
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons salt – plus more for on top
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ~1 pound challah bread, or 1 small loaf – chunked into pieces
- 4 tablespoons salted butter – cut into pieces
- 2 cups cinnamon toast crunch cereal
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup pecan pieces (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and sugar and whisk together.
- Add the challah bread chunks and mix them into the egg mixture so every piece is coated.
- Pour bread mixture into a greased casserole dish.
- Add salted butter pieces on top followed by the cinnamon toast crunch and pecans (if using).
- Drizzle maple syrup over the top of cereal topping and give the top of dish a nice sprinkle of salt.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center seems baked through.
- Enjoy with maple syrup on top.
Here are a few other recipes you may love:
Sausage Christmas Breakfast Casserole
Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
Overnight Belgian Waffles
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
Challah Bread Baked French Toast
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons salt – plus more for on top
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ~1 pound challah bread or 1 small loaf – chunked into pieces
- 4 tablespoons salted butter – cut into pieces
- 2 cups cinnamon toast crunch cereal
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup pecan pieces optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and sugar and whisk together.
- Add the challah bread chunks and mix them into the egg mixture so every piece is coated.
- Pour bread mixture into a greased casserole dish.
- Add salted butter pieces on top followed by the cinnamon toast crunch and pecans (if using).
- Drizzle maple syrup over the top of cereal topping and give the top of dish a nice sprinkle of salt.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the bread seemed baked through.
- Enjoy with maple syrup on top.
