Tsoureki French Toast Bake
This is the ultimate weekend breakfast or brunch overnight french toast casserole made with Tsoureki, Greek sweet bread. It’s easy to make and a real crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- 1 loaf Tsoureki (Greek Sweet Bread)
- 6 eggs
- ½ cup Greek yogurt plain
- 1½ cups unsweetened almond milk
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ½ cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Cut the bread into small pieces. Spray a 8X11” glass pan with cooking oil and layer the bottom with the bread pieces.
- In a medium sized bowl whisk the eggs together. Then add in the greek yogurt, milk, honey, almond amd vanilla extract, cinnamon and whisk to combine.
- Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread and push the bread down to ensure it gets soaked in.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
- When ready to bake allow the French toast to come to room temperature. Sprinkle the top with sliced almonds.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the French toast covered for 40 minutes, then remove the aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes until the top is golden brown.
Notes
- Depending on the size of your tsoureki loaf, you may only use half or 3/4 of a loaf to fill the 8X11" pan.
- For our recipe on homemade Tsoureki click HERE
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