# @seattlehanddoc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ0KM3SJ8O6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67004409-seattlehanddoc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-20T16:51:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wayne & Nancy (@seattlehanddoc) — https://gondola.cc/seattlehanddoc

## Caption

True story.  Wayne asks for this every Father’s Day for breakfast!  It’s so easy and sticky, chewy …insane.

Baked French Toast 

1 loaf challah or French bread (16 ounces)
8 large eggs
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla vanillabeanproject 
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash salt
Praline Topping, recipe follows
Maple syrup

Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9 by 13-inch flat baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.

In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed*** and lightly golden. Serve with maple syrup.

** You will know it’s ready when the entire pan puffs up, including the center! If the center is still sunken…  give it another five or 10 minutes!!

Praline Topping:
1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and blend well. Makes enough for Baked French Toast Casserole.
#vanillabeanprojectpartner #brunch #makeahead #fathersdaygiftideas #frenchtoast

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frenchtoast, brunch, makeahead, fathersdaygiftideas, vanillabeanprojectpartner

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