Good morning! Happy Sunday!
*sips coffee*
Yesterday morning I had a breakfast brunch to attend and I was to bring one of the main dishes. *gulp* I am not a big breakfast person… really I either have a Fiber One bar around 10 am or a packet of oatmeal. SO…. I had to do some thinking to come up with a breakfast item that 1. was tasty for a group but also 2. traveled well.
I enjoy participating in the Weekend Cooking Meme a Beth Fish Reads. I like to nose around what other people are cooking, and as someone who does not enjoy a lot of kitchen time… finding great recipes that do not take a ton of time makes my day. 😀
The recipe I found and made is here.
Almond Pear French Toast Casserole
1/4 cup butter cut into little squares
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 29 oz. can of pear halves – each half cut into fourths
1 pound loaf of sour dough bread cut into squares (not the end pieces)
2 3/4 cup of eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2 Tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup slices almonds
Using a 10 x 14 pan, evenly distribute the butter slices around the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter and bottom of pan. Put the pear slices over the brown sugar in a single layer. Take the cut up bread and place in a single layer over the butter and brown sugar.
Now mix together the eggs, milk, sugar, and extracts. Pour this mixture over the bread evenly – make sure all pieces get wet. Put foil over the pan and refrigerate over night (if you wish).
When ready to bake, take pan out of refrigerator and let sit while over gets up to temperature. Then bake at 350 for 40 minutes, take out and sprinkle almond slices on top, put back in over and let continue to bake for another 15 minutes.
This is delicious and when we ate it about 35 minutes later it was even good after it had cooled.
As for the flash mob… I think they are so cool. I seriously want to find one and do this. 😀 Here is one that was in Minnesota recently, and I will leave you this morning with this:
Book Journey 
Oooh…the French Toast Casserole looks and sounds delicious! I wish I could smell it through the computer…
I love flash mobs, too! Wouldn’t that be fun? Thanks for sharing this one.
Sue
It smelled really good Sue…. and when I left the brunch several peopel asked me for the recipe. *whew!* Always a a little scary when you are trying something new…. 😀
The casserole sounds amazing! Loved the flash mob video too 🙂
You can Google Flash Mobs and find them in your area…. anyone can join! I hope I can do it 2012.
Oh, I love French toast, so the casserole sounds and looks yummy! Thanks…even though I just had my oatmeal, I could eat….
I t makes a lot Laurel…. Great for holiday get togethers 🙂
I’m not a big breakfast person either, but that casserole looks amazing! Like you, I usually grab a Fiber One bar (love the oats & chocolate flavor!)
OOH I love that flavor too!
The flash mob was cool! Loved it! And that french toast looks so good. That would be a great recipe for Christmas morning!
I think I am going to make it again them Beth 🙂
For someone who doesn’t “do” breakfast much, I think you made a fantastic dish!
Breakfast is actually my favorite meal to eat, either at home or out 🙂
I was pretty impressed with myself too 😀
Thank you for sharing the french toast recipe! It looks so good. I usually have a Pop-Tart for breakfast on weekdays because it is fast and on weekends I have cereal. This would be perfect to try during the holidays!
I have plans for it Christina… it may be our girls weekend breakfast as well 😀
Thanks for letting us see the flash mob. Now that puts me in the holiday spirit. Loved it!
That looks really good! I’ll be making it soon!
I just added this recipe to my Recipes To Try!!
I also love flash mobs!
Thanks so much for the recipe. I am often struggling for things to bring to brunch. OMG I loved the Flash Mob. What fun.
Wouldnt that be fun Beth? We should plan one for New York…LOL
Thanks for the french toast casserole recipe but I think I might have loved the flash mob video even more! 😉
I can understand that Christine… the flash mob is pretty awesome 😀
Yum! Yum! Yum! and Fun! Fun! Fun! 🙂
mmmm hmmmm
That casserole sounds delicious! I had a brunch I had to help out with this past weekend. I wussed out and took the orange juice and tomato juice.
This sounds yummy. Do you put the pear pieces on top before baking?
My daughter participated in a flash mob as a local movie theatre. They had invited the school to do one before the opening night of a movie. It was very cool and exciting for all.
LOL – that is hilarious… I forgot that part in the recipe! 😛 Fixing now….
The pears are sliced and put on top of the brown sugar, under the bread… that is really funny that no one mentioned that before now. 😯
thanks for correcting to add the pears. am making this for breakfast in the morning and realized I needed to check back in with you about that.