Aunt Jacque's French Toast

When I ran across this recipe the other day I immediately knew I should post it because Scott asks me for it now and then and I can never find it. (Oh how I love an online cookbook. I rarely lose my computer.) So I've never made this French Toast but I've eaten it many times and it's yummy.

Aunt Jacque makes it, my mother-in-law makes it and Scott makes it (please refer to the Does Tia cook? post and find a boy who can cook). Even Amanda has made it with Grandma (see photo). So I can't imagine WHY I would make it…but if the need arose for me to make French Toast, this is the recipe I would use, because I could make it ahead of time and it doesn't require constant supervision the way normal French Toast does. Man, I can really screw up regular French Toast…one piece burnt, one piece raw in the middle… Anyway, now for your enjoyment:

Aunt Jacque's French Toast

¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temp
12, ¾ inch thick french bread slices
6 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt

Butter bottom of large baking pan. Arrange bread. Beat eggs and all ingredients. Pour over bread. Turn bread to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Turn bread and continue to bake until brown. Keep cooking on both sides until browned to your liking.

(Recipe contributed by Dione, photo is of Amanda and her Grandma Travis. The picture is from Christmastime 2005. I don't remember the exact details but I remember my mother-in-law saying it was a good thing it was just family eating that French Toast.)