This Brioche French Toast Casserole is perfect to bake for breakfast, brunch, and all holidays. It only requires 5 minutes of prep time and you don't have to keep flipping french toast while entertaining. Plus, it feeds a crowd!
This Brioche French Toast Bake is absolutely perfect for busy holidays, like, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter morning. If you have small children, you know how chaotic holiday mornings are. It only takes 5 minutes to prep, then stick it in the oven, set the timer and you are good to go!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe:
- Quick and Easy Breakfast. It is beyond easy to prep and takes only 5 minutes.
- Flavor Packed. The cinnamon sugar flavors combined with buttery brioche are just incredible.
- Feeds a Crowd. It feeds up to 8 people and is perfect to bring to a brunch or when you have a large family or people visiting.
- Perfect for the Holidays. The absolute easiest holiday breakfast or brunch you can make and great for busy holiday mornings.
If you love easy Holiday Recipes, be sure to check out my recipe for Bacon Cream Cheese Rolls. These are a holiday tradition for our family and this recipe got a million views on TikTok.
Ingredients for Brioche French Toast:
Brioche Bread: French style bread with more butter content than regular bread, which creates a delicious rich flavor. I love the St. Pierre brand for this recipe.
Half and Half & Heavy Cream: Creates a very deep, rich custard flavor when combined with the brioche.
Sugar: For sweetness.
Eggs: Binds ingredients and helps to create the deep custard flavor.
Vanilla Extract and Cinnamon: Adds delicious subtle flavors in the french toast casserole.
*Full ingredients and quantities are listed in the recipe card below.
Substitutions & Variations:
There are many variations to this recipe that would be delicious. Add fresh blueberries or chopped pecans to custard mixer.
When serving, top with fresh berries, caramelized peaches and whipped cream, or try my Strawberry Compote recipe!
Go the traditional route and top with maple syrup or powdered sugar.
How to Make Brioche French Toast Casserole:
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 9x13 casserole dish with butter or cooking spray.
Chop the brioche bread slices into approximately 1 inch cubes. These do not have to be perfect, just give them a rough chop into small squares. Place the chopped cubes into the casserole dish.
Step 2: In a large bowl, whisk together the cinnamon and sugar. Add in the half and half, whisked eggs, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt. Whisk again to blend really well.
Step 3:
Pour the custard mixture over the bread in the casserole dish. Take a spoon and give the bread a gentle toss to make sure all of the bread is soaked in the liquid.
Optional: Top with a little more cinnamon sugar mixture if you like it really sweet. I use ⅛ cup white sugar mixed with ½ teaspoon cinnamon.
Step 4:
Bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes on a middle rack, not too close to the top burner.
After it is baked, allow the casserole to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before adding powdered sugar, and maple syrup. Feel free to add berries, nuts, and whipped cream! Serve and enjoy!
Expert Tips:
- This recipe is not intended to sit after preparation before baking. Bake immediately when you add the custard into the casserole dish to avoid a soggy texture.
- Be sure the eggs are whisked really well before adding them into the custard mix.
- I have only tested this recipe in a 9x13 dish. I don't recommend other sizes.
Looking for more sweet breakfast recipes? Try this Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish, Sweet Cream Pancakes, and Apple Pie filled Cinnamon Rolls.
Recipes FAQs:
I love the brioche in this recipe and I haven't tested other breads. You can certainly try it, but I wouldn't go with regular sandwich bread unless it is on the hearty side. It could turn into mush.
I like to sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top of mine or powdered sugar. Serve with warm maple syrup and berries on the side. You could also top french toast with pecans or add berries or peaches on top with whipped cream. There are so many options!
The half and half and heavy cream with the eggs creates a custard type of texture in the brioche, which is my favorite part of the dish. If you have to use a substitute for the cream, choose whole milk.
Rather than typical bread made from flour, yeast, water and salt, brioche is prepared with eggs, milk, and glorious butter. This separates brioche from the regular bread and places it on a pedestal.
Storing the Casserole:
I prefer eating all of it fresh, but if you have extras allow it to cool before storing in the fridge. You can reheat in the oven, but it won't have the same custard taste as eating it fresh.
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Brioche French Toast Casserole
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
This Brioche French Toast Casserole is perfect to bake for breakfast, brunch, and all holidays. It only requires 5 minutes of prep time and you don't have to keep flipping french toast while entertaining. Plus, it feeds a crowd!
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon salted butter for greasing dish
- 1 (17 ounce) brioche bread loaf
- 4 eggs, whisked
- 1 and ½ cups of half and half
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Optional Toppings: An additional ⅛ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon mixed together for topping before baking. Powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, maple syrup, berries and/or whipped cream for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Begin by buttering a 9x13 casserole dish.
- Chop the bread slices into approximately 1 inch cubes. These do not have to be perfect, just give them a rough chop into small squares. Place the chopped cubes into the casserole dish.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together 4 eggs.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the cinnamon and sugar. Add in half and half, heavy cream, eggs, vanilla extract, and salt. Whisk again to blend really well.
- Pour the custard mixture over the bread in the casserole dish. Take a spoon and give the bread a gentle toss to make sure all of the bread is soaked in the liquid.
- Optional: Top with a little more cinnamon sugar mixture if you like it really sweet. I use ⅛ cup white sugar mixed with ½ teaspoon cinnamon.
- Bake in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes on a middle rack, not too close to the top burner.
- After it is baked, allow the casserole to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before adding powdered sugar, and maple syrup.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Add berries, maple syrup, peaches, nuts, whipped cream, or anything else that sounds amazing.
This recipe is not intended to sit after preparation before baking. Bake immediately when you add the custard into the casserole dish, to avoid a soggy texture.
Be sure the eggs are whisked really well before adding them into the custard mix.
I have only tested this recipe in a 9x13 dish. I don't recommend other sizes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cooling Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: breakfast
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: french
Sabrina Marshall Friend
I made this with dinner rolls and half and half only. I hadn’t read the recipe before this morning. I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO TRADITIONAL FRENCH TOAST! This was so easy and successful. Thanks for a new tradition.
Tara Smithson
Yay! So glad you loved it. Merry Christmas and thanks for the review!
Teresa
Looks good thanks
Tara Smithson
Thanks Teresa! Hope you enjoy.
Holly
This was a huge hit on Christmas morning!
Payton
This is delicious! Thank you for the recipe!