Indulge in a delightful culinary experience with our collection of baked pecan French toast recipes. These are no ordinary French toasts; they're elevated to a new level of flavor and texture with the addition of crunchy pecans. Whether you prefer a classic French toast or a decadent bread pudding version, we have something for every taste. Each recipe is carefully crafted to ensure a perfect balance of sweetness, nuttiness, and a touch of spice. From the classic baked pecan French toast to the indulgent bread pudding with caramelized pecans, our recipes will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and prepare to embark on a journey of culinary delight. Your kitchen will be filled with the irresistible aroma of toasted pecans and warm spices, promising a breakfast or brunch that's anything but ordinary.
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BAKED PECAN FRENCH TOAST
The chore of making French toast on a weekday morning is standing over the stove when you're short on time. By assembling breakfast the night before, then letting the French toast bake instead of fry, you've got more time to get organized for the new day.
Provided by PollyB
Categories Breakfast
Time 35m
Yield 4-6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place the eggs, milk, sugar, nutmeg or cinnamon and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
- Mist the bottom of a 12 by 8-inch glass casserole with vegetable oil spray or brush with melted butter.
- Place the bread slices in a single layer in the pan.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bread, distributing it evenly.
- Turn the bread slices once.
- Cover the pan with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator overnight.
- The next morning, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Remove the pan from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap.
- Sprinkle the bread slices with pecans and drizzle with melted butter.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until bread slices puff up and pecans are deep brown but not burned.
- Serve warm with maple syrup.
- Instead of a cup of milk, use 2/3 cup orange juice and 1/3 cup of the milk.
- You can vary this further by adding a little grated orange zest with the pecans before baking.
BAKED BLUEBERRY-PECAN FRENCH TOAST WITH BLUEBERRY SYRUP
Categories Breakfast Brunch Bake Kid-Friendly Mother's Day Blueberry Pecan Summer Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Serves 6 generously
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Cut twenty 1-inch slices from baguette and arrange in one layer in baking dish. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla, and 3/4 cup brown sugar and pour evenly over bread. Chill mixture, covered, until all liquid is absorbed by bread, at least 8 hours, and up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a shallow baking pan spread pecans evenly and toast in middle of oven until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Toss pecans in pan with 1 teaspoon butter and salt.
- Increase temperature to 400°F.
- Sprinkle pecans and blueberries evenly over bread mixture. Cut 1/2 stick butter into pieces and in a small saucepan heat with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring, until butter is melted. Drizzle butter mixture over bread and bake mixture 20 minutes, or until any liquid from blueberries is bubbling.
- Make syrup while French toast is baking:
- In a small saucepan cook blueberries and maple syrup over moderate heat until berries have burst, about 3 minutes. Pour syrup through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher, pressing on solids, and stir in lemon juice. Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat syrup before serving.
- Serve French toast with syrup.
BAKED ORANGE PECAN FRENCH TOAST
Provided by Food Network
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Beat together eggs, juice, milk, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg. Arrange bread in a single layer, top with egg mixture. Refrigerate 2 hrs. Melt butter in 10" x 15" x 2" pan, and arrange bread on top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with pecans, and bake 10 minutes more. Syrup: Combine and cook over low heat. Do not boil. Cook for 10 minutes, and serve warm.
BAKED ORANGE PECAN FRENCH TOAST
This is a wonderful treat with easy advance preparation. An elegant breakfast to serve over- night guests. Prep time includes 2 hours chill time. This is a Texas recipe - oranges from the valley, not to mention all the Texas pecan trees. Southwestern U.S.
Provided by PanNan
Categories Breads
Time 2h35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Toast: Beat together eggs, juice, milk, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg.
- Arrange bread in a single layer, top with egg mixture.
- Refrigerate 2 hours.
- Melt butter in 10 X 15 X 2 pan, and arrange bread on top.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with pecans, and bake 10 minutes more.
- Orange syrup: Combine syrup ingredients and cook over low heat.
- Do not boil.
- Cool for 10 minutes, and serve warm over hot toast.
FRENCH TOAST BAKED IN HONEY-PECAN SAUCE
This comes from "The New Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook" and I'll say nothing more about that. This is really, really good. You'll get out of it what you put into it, meaning....real vanilla extract, real butter and real maple syrup. This needs to set overnight and that's not included in the prep time.
Provided by Hey Jude
Categories Breakfast
Time 50m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine eggs, half-and-half, 1 T. brown sugar and vanilla extract in a small bowl, whisk till blended; pour half of the mixture into a baking dish (sized large enough to hold bread slices somewhat compactly).
- Place bread into dish; top with other half of egg mixture, making sure all parts of bread are saturated with the liquid. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place butter in a 13x9x2-inch baking dish and set in oven; when butter is melted, stir in brown sugar, honey, maple syrup and pecans.
- Set soaked bread slices on top of pecan mixture. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
- Remove with a spatula and invert slices on 2 serving plates. Spoon any extra syrup and nuts on top.
- Serve immediately with ice cold milk or piping hot coffee.
BAKED BLUEBERRY-PECAN FRENCH TOAST WITH BLUEBERRY SYRUP
You don't have to be in the kitchen at the crack of dawn to prepare a terrific breakfast. In this recipe the French toast is soaked overnight like bread pudding - in the morning all you need to do is add the topping and pop it in the oven. Serve it with coffee, juice, and fresh fruit and you've got a well-rounded way to start the day.
Provided by Pinaygourmet 345142
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h5m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Cut twenty 1-inch slices from baguette and arrange in one layer in baking dish.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla, and 3/4 cup brown sugar and pour evenly over bread. Chill mixture, covered, until all liquid is absorbed by bread, at least 8 hours, and up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a shallow baking pan spread pecans evenly and toast in middle of oven until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Toss pecans in pan with 1 teaspoon butter and salt.
- Increase temperature to 400°F.
- Sprinkle pecans and blueberries evenly over bread mixture. Cut 1/2 stick butter into pieces and in a small saucepan heat with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring, until butter is melted.
- Drizzle butter mixture over bread and bake mixture 35 minutes, or until any liquid from blueberries is bubbling.
- Blueberry Syrup:.
- In a small saucepan cook blueberries and maple syrup over moderate heat until berries have burst, about 3 minutes.
- Pour syrup through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher, pressing on solids, and stir in lemon juice.
- Syrup may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat syrup before serving.
- Serve French toast with syrup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 542.9, Fat 16.5, SaturatedFat 5.4, Cholesterol 109.3, Sodium 555.6, Carbohydrate 84.8, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 35.2, Protein 16.3
PECAN DELIGHT BAKED FRENCH TOAST
Mmmm....mmmm.... good! We used hazelnut creamer and substituted two slices of regular cinnamon bread when we couldn't find thick cut. Naturally, that "forced" us to spread cream cheese on the additional slices too. No complaints!
Provided by Colleen Winegard
Categories Other Breakfast
Time 1h5m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- 2. Spread each slice bread with a light layer of cream cheese and place in dish.
- 3. In a separate bowl, melt butter and brown sugar. Set aside.
- 4. In another bowl, mix cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs, salt, and creamer. Pour over bread. Top with brown sugar mixture made in step above.
- 5. Sprinkle pecans over entire dish. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
- 6. Next morning, leave covered and bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes. Cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar.
BAKED BLUEBERRY PECAN FRENCH TOAST WITH BLUEBERRY SYRUP
Delicious, easy-to-assemble and very pretty to look at - great for special occasions. It's a little more like bread pudding than traditional French toast. Can be assembled and the blueberry syrup made the day before serving. The next morning, simply bake the French toast and reheat the syrup before serving. Comes from the Junior League "Celebrate the Rain" cookbook. Note prep time does not include letting it rest in the fridge overnight. Use freshly ground nutmeg if you can (ground is OK too) and you can use fresh or frozen blueberries, your choice.
Provided by PBF6095
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F
- Spread the pecan halves evenly on a baking sheet.
- Toast them until fragrant, about 8 minutes.
- Sprinkle the salt over the pecans and toss evenly to coat; set aside.
- Butter a 9- by 13-inch baking dish.
- Cut the baguette into 1 1/2 inch thick slices and arrange them in an even layer in the baking dish. If some of the bread slices won't fit, save them for another use - note that if you stack slices, the cooking time will increase.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg in a large bowl, and pour the mixture evenly over the bread. Turn the bread slices to coat them evenly.
- Chill the mixture, covered with plastic wrap, until all the liquid is absorbed by the bread, at least 8 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F Take the baking dish from the refrigerator and let sit for about 30 minutes to take some of the chill off.
- Just before baking, sprinkle the pecans and blueberries evenly over the soaked bread.
- Combine the butter with the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar in a small saucepan and warm over medium heat, stirring, until the butter is melted. Drizzle the butter mixture over the bread.
- Bake until blueberry juices are bubbling around the edge of the pan and the bread is heated through, 20 to 25 minutes.
- To make blueberry syrup:.
- Cook the blueberries and maple syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until most of the blueberries burst, 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour the syrup through a sieve into a heatproof pitcher, pressing on the solids to extract as much blueberry flavor as possible.
- Stir in the lemon juice.
- Set the pitcher in a pan of warm water to keep warm until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 656.2, Fat 28, SaturatedFat 9, Cholesterol 205.1, Sodium 545.5, Carbohydrate 90.5, Fiber 5.1, Sugar 51, Protein 14.4
BAKED FRENCH TOAST WITH PECAN CRUMBLE
A sweet, nutty crumble offers the perfect balance to this uniquely prepared French Toast recipe-optimal for serving at a holiday brunch or as dessert to the main meal. (Or a mid-day snack. We won't tell.)
Provided by American Pecans
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- French Toast
- Spread out bread on a rimmed baking sheet; let stand overnight.
- Butter a 13x9" baking dish. Cut bread so slices are similar in size. Arrange, overlapping, in rows in prepared dish.
- Whisk eggs, egg yolks, cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl. Pour over bread, pressing bread to help it soak up custard. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
- Pecan Crumble and Assembly
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Pulse pecans, butter, brown sugar, and salt in a food processor until Pecans are coarsely chopped. Scatter pecan crumble over soaked bread.
- Place dish on a rimmed baking sheet and cover tightly with foil. Bake until warmed through (a knife inserted into the center should feel warm to the touch), 25-30 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake until deeply browned, 35-40 minutes longer. Let cool slightly before serving with fresh berries.
BAKED ORANGE PECAN FRENCH TOAST
This is my friends and family's favorite special breakfast!
Provided by Steve Norgaard
Categories Other Breakfast
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- 1. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, orange juice, milk, orange liqueur, sugar, orange zest, vanilla and nutmeg.
- 2. Dip each slice of French bread in mixture, turning to coat both sides.
- 3. Place soaked bread slices in a single layer on an ungreased 15x10 jelly roll pan. Pour any remaining mixture over bread.
- 4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- 5. Next morning: Preheat oven to 375 F
- 6. Divide melted butter evenly between two 9x13 glass baking dishes and spread to completely cover the bottom of dishes.
- 7. Place soaked bread slices in a single layer in the two dishes and sprinkle with pecans.
- 8. Bake on middle rack in oven for 20 minutes. Do not turn slices over.
- 9. Remove from baking dishes, sprinkle with powdered sugar (if desired) and serve with a variety of syrups
Tips:
- For the best results, use fresh, high-quality ingredients. This includes using real butter, eggs, and milk, as well as fresh pecans and maple syrup.
- If you don't have a bread loaf, you can use individual slices of bread. Just make sure they're thick enough to hold up to the custard mixture.
- Don't overcrowd the baking dish. This will prevent the French toast from cooking evenly.
- Bake the French toast until it's golden brown and cooked through. If you're not sure if it's done, insert a toothpick into the center. If it comes out clean, the French toast is ready.
- Serve the French toast immediately, topped with your favorite toppings. Some popular choices include butter, maple syrup, powdered sugar, and fresh fruit.
Conclusion:
Baked pecan French toast is a delicious and easy-to-make breakfast or brunch dish. It's perfect for a special occasion or a lazy weekend morning. With its rich, buttery flavor and crunchy pecan topping, this French toast is sure to please everyone at the table.
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