Apple Upside-Down French Toast

By susanwadle

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 T water
• 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 loaf French or Italian Bread, cut into 1" thick slices
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 T vanilla

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in brown sugar and water. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Pour into a well-greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Line rows of apple slices on top of the sugar mixture.

Cut bread into 1" thick slices. Place slices on top of apples, filling in gaps with smaller pieces of bread.

Mix eggs, milk, and vanilla. Pour over bread making sure to coat all bread. Cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

In the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Uncover French toast. Bake 40 minutes. Remove pan from oven, place a baking sheet over the baking dish and invert carefully. Wait 3 minutes and lift off the baking dish.
Cut into 8 squares.