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Overnight French Toast - Sweet

Ingredients:
Texas toast or 1 loaf French bread with crusts removed, cut into 3/4 inch slices
½ stick butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 2/3 cups milk
1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
sliced peaches or apples or other fruit

Directions:
1. The night before serving, melt butter and brown sugar in a small pan, stirring.
2. Pour into a 9 X 13 inch baking dish. Lay fruit and then bread slices on top of brown sugar mix. Can also double layer with another of peaches and bread. If doing that, use 8 eggs, 3 c milk.
3. Combine eggs with milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour over the bread.
4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
5. In the morning preheat oven to 350 degrees and uncover baking dish. Bake for 50 minutes.
6. Serve with syrup, honey or chopped blueberries mixed with 2 tablespoons of orange juice
Serve 4-6

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