French Toast Casserole

INGREDIENTS

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 stick butter
1 loaf crusty French bread, torn into bite-sized pieces
2 cups milk
6 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 pinch cinnamon 
1 tsp brown sugar


DIRECTIONS 

Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.

Stir 1 cup brown sugar and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves into butter, 2 to 4 minutes. Pour into prepared baking dish.

Beat milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.  Pour milk mixture over bread in a bowl and move bread as necessary to ensure all bread is absorbing liquid.  Pour into baking dish.

Sprinkle cinnamon over the top. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.

Preheat oven to 450. Remove and discard plastic wrap from baking dish and sprinkle remaining brown sugar over the top of the bread mixture.

Cover with foil.

Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes (take off foil half-way through).