OVERNIGHT BAKED BLUEBERRY FRENCH TOAST WITH HOT BLUEBERRY MAPLE SYRUP

24” baguette *see note*

4 eggs

2 cups milk

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup brown sugar, divided

½ stick butter (4 TBL)

2 cups blueberries

Butter a 9x13 pan. Cut the baguette into 20 1” slices and arrange in a single layer in the baking dish. In a bowl mix eggs, milk, nutmeg, vanilla and ¾ cup brown sugar. Pour evenly over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, preheat oven to 400. Melt the butter in saucepan with ¼ cup brown sugar until completely combined. Sprinkle blueberries evenly over bread. Drizzle the melted butter/sugar mix over blueberries/bread. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the liquid from the blueberries is bubbling.
(while cooking make the hot blueberry maple syrup)


*Go buy 2 loaves from Jimmy John's.  It's perfect!  it only takes 1.5 loaves for the French toast.  Use the other 1/2 for a yummy sandwich!*

SYRUP:

1 cup blueberries

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 TBL lemon juice

While French toast is cooking, in a sauce pan cook blueberries and maple syrup over medium heat until berries have burst, about 3 minutes. Pour through a sieve pushing on the berries to extract as much juice as possible. Stir in lemon juice.


While you're at it, bake the perfect bacon at the same time.  400 degrees 17-20 minutes.