Mother’s Day can be stressful, right?!?

We all want to show our Mom’s some major love, but scoring that “perfect” reservation or cooking a delicious breakfast can seem nearly impossible.

Growing up, my Mom made the best French Toast EVER…and I’ve tried to recreate that delicious dish…and add a Wifey Twist.

This French Toast feast is pretty much guaranteed to be flawless and it’s fun to make with kids. (it involves ripping things with your bare hands!)

PLUS- it’s inexpensive and can be customized for the Mamma in your life.

Ready? Let’s get Wife’d Up: Mother’s Day Style.

The Wifey’s Mother’s Day (or any day) French Toast Casserole

What You Need/Grocery List:

• a loaf of bread. I used Challah bread from my local Plum Market, you can use any variety including; whole wheat, raisin, white bread or even a loaf of stale stuff. tip: if it’s moldy, it ain’t gonna work
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup of half and half
• 1 cup of milk, I used low fat vanilla (can be; skim, full fat, vanilla, almond, soy- I’ve even seen people use Rumchata)
• 3 tsp cinnamon * in the video I only use about 1tsp- but in the batch before I used 3 tbsp and it tasted MUCH better*
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup maple syrup
• a 9 x 13 pan and either butter or Pam spray to grease the pan
• any *extras* you’d like to throw in. Examples: walnuts, bananas, blueberries, raisins…get CRAZY with it.

What To Do: 

• set your oven to 425
• grease your pan & pour 1/2 syrup to coat the bottom

• slice your loaf

• then rip apart the slices into about 1 inch pieces- don’t stress over the size- in this case it really doesn’t matter

• crack your eggs in a bowl, add half and half, milk , cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and sugar and mix it with a whisk or fork until combined

• dump your bread pieces into the pan
• dump your egg mix over the bread , slowly and evenly

• take your hands and mush down the bread to make sure every piece has taken an egg bath
• pour 1/2 cup syrup on top
• pop into the oven for 30 mins, check on it-it should be fluffed up.  if it’s getting burned, take it out. If it looks ok, let it bake 10 more mins.

• serve with anything you like! Cool Whip, Strawberries, etc.
• Kiss your Mom!

SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS TO MAKE VIA VIDEO…COMING SOON.