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Gingerbread French Toast Casserole

December 8, 2018 By betsy 4 Comments

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Gingerbread French Toast Casserole is the perfect holiday brunch recipe. Easy to make ahead the night before and packs all the best holiday flavors. 

Gingerbread french toast casserole in a white square baking dish with two cups of coffee

Gingerbread is one of the few redeeming qualities of the holiday season. If you ask me, that, candy canes, and eggnog are the only tolerable things about this time of the year.

Once Fun Month is over, I’m pretty much ready for the next year to start. Granted I no longer have to deal with terrible winter weather anymore, but I’m still not a huge fan of obligatory parties you don’t really want to go to, excessive junk food temptation, and extreme commercialism. I don’t really like shopping, I detest gift giving for no reason (although I do like wrapping gifts, so there’s another thing to add to the “pro” column), and non-daylight savings time is my mortal enemy. I guess you can say I’m kind of a grinch.

Despite my holiday disdain, I realize that this time of year is inevitable, and I always try to make the best of it.

Loaf of gingerbread brioche sliced

I’m going to kick off the season of fat pants with this gingerbread french toast casserole. I like regular french toast although I never eat it other than during the holidays, but when it’s made out of gingerbread, I insanely, lovingly, adore it!

I’m not sure where my love of all things ginger came from, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that it is my favorite spice.

Gingerbread French Toast Casserole

This delicious overnight casserole begins with a fluffy, buttery loaf of gingerbread brioche. Sure it takes a bit of time to bake your own bread, but that’s just another thing that makes the holidays “special”……extra effort cooking. You just gotta own it.

Gingerbread french toast casserole serving on a plate with casserole dish and coffee in the background

I’m seriously considering a campaign to make gingerbread a year-round food. It’s so delicious it deserves its place among summer favorites like popsicles and burgers right?

Ok, maybe not.

I guess I’ll just enjoy it while I can, and hopefully serving after serving of this gingerbread french toast casserole will keep my mind off all the other things I’m not loving this season.

Gingerbread French Toast Casserole serving with hand pouring syrup from a small white pitcher

Gingerbread French Toast Casserole Recipe
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Gingerbread French Toast Casserole

Soft and Fluffy Gingerbread French Toast Breakfast Bake. The perfect holiday brunch recipe. 

Course Breakfast
Cuisine holiday
Prep Time 1 day 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 day 1 hour
Servings 6 servings
Calories 838 kcal

Ingredients

  • One loaf gingerbread brioche
  • 8 whole eggs
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Tablespoon ground ginger

For the topping

  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick 1/2 cup butter, cut in pieces

Instructions

  1. Grease a 9X13 casserole dish.
  2. Cut brioche into 1 inch cubes and heap into prepared dish.
  3. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and ground ginger. Pour evenly over bread.
  4. Cover and store in fridge for several hours or overnight.
  5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  6. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and salt. Cut butter into flour mixture until crumbly.
  7. Remove casserole from the fridge. Sprinkle brown sugar topping over the casserole.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts
Gingerbread French Toast Casserole
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 838 Calories from Fat 387
% Daily Value*
Fat 43g66%
Sodium 591mg25%
Carbohydrates 93g31%
Sugar 49g54%
Protein 19g38%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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Comments

  1. Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says

    November 21, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    oh.
    my.
    Gawd.

    Reply
  2. Tammy Scott says

    December 10, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    I sadly do not share your affection for ginger or gingerbread…do you think this could be adapted and made with regular brioche bread? If so, what spice would you recommend substituting for the ginger, cinnamon?

    Reply
    • betsy says

      December 11, 2018 at 10:13 am

      You can use any bread you like. Cinnamon raisin maybe? Definitely would substitute cinnamon but even a tiny dash of ginger might be good with the cinnamon too depending on how adverse you feel towards it.

      Reply
  3. Tammy Scott says

    December 11, 2018 at 12:32 pm

    Thanks Betsy! Planning to have this for our Christmas brunch!

    Reply

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