If the most important meal of the day is breakfast, then the most fun meal of the day is brunch. Get creative with French Toast Casserole and sweet or spicy Ultra Delicious Brunch Bacon. Pair it with good friends and call it a party!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. butter, softened
- 8 eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon-Vanilla Seasoning
- 1 loaf bread (white, Italian, French, potato)
- 4 oz./115 g cream cheese
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon-Vanilla Seasoning
- 1 stick cold, unsalted butter
- 4 pieces bacon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F/175° C.
- Coat UltraPro 3.5-Qt./3.3 L Lasagna Pan with softened butter.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream and Cinnamon-Vanilla.
- Cut bread into 1"/2.5 cm cubes and place half into bottom of Lasagna Pan.
- Cut cream cheese into small chunks and sprinkle over cut bread in Lasagna Pan.
- Pour half of the egg mixture over bread in Lasagna Pan.
- Top with remaining bread pieces and pour remainder of egg mixture over the top.
- To create topping, in a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar and Cinnamon-
- Vanilla.
- Cut cold butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture. Mix until butter has been
- broken into small, pebble-sized pieces coated in the flour mixture and sprinkle over
- top of casserole.
- Bake, uncovered, 50–60 minutes until casserole has cooked through.
- Place 4 pieces bacon on UltraPro Oven Plate.
- Cover and microwave on high power 2–4 minutes, depending on thickness of bacon and desired crunchiness (in a 1200W microwave, 4 regular cut: 2:30 seconds or 4 thick cut: 3:30 seconds).
Notes
For Spicy Bacon: Brush ½ tbsp. sriracha onto cooked bacon
For Sweet Bacon: Sprinkle ½ tbsp. brown sugar onto cooked bacon, recover and microwave on high power 10–20 seconds until melted.
This recipe sounds really good ..gonna try it out with my grandkids….thank you for sharing….
You’re welcome! Let us know what you think and hopefully the grandkids love it.