Gluten-Free French Toast Casserole

This moist, slightly-sweet, and easy-to-make gluten-free french toast casserole makes for a wonderful Sunday or Easter brunch.

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Course: Breads, Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gluten-free brunch recipes, gluten-free french toast, gluten-free french toast casserole

 

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Resting time: 1 hour

 

Servings: 8 servings

 

Calories: 246kcal

 

Author: Jenny Levine Finke

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Ingredients

• ▢17 oz gluten-free cinnamon raisin bread of choice cut into 1-inch cubes (about 8 cups of loosely packed cubes)
• ▢1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• ▢3 eggs
• ▢⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• ▢1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• ▢2 tsp ground cinnamon
• ▢¼ tsp salt
• ▢1 cup fresh berries divided
• ▢1 Tbsp confectioners sugar for serving, optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350º F and gather a large baking sheet. Add cubed bread to baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, tossing half way through, until bread is lightly toasted. Remove from oven.
• Grease a 8×8-inch baking dish. Add the toasted bread cubes to the baking dish and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine almond milk, eggs, pure maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk until combined, then pour the mixture over the cubed gluten-free bread.
• Lightly press down on bread with a spatula to make sure all of the bread is covered in the egg mixture. Cover the baking dish and refrigerate for at least an hour or overnight.
• Remove the baking dish from the refrigerator to allow it to come to room temperature, then preheat the oven to 350º F. Press down on the bread, using a spatula, to help the bread soak up the egg mixture.
• Top mixture with ¾ cups of the fresh berries, leaving ¼ cup for serving, then bake the french toast casserole for 45-50 minutes, until the egg custard is set and the top is a light golden brown. If the casserole starts to brown too quickly, cover it with aluminum foil while baking.
• Let casserole cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing. Top with remaining ¼ cup of fresh berries and a dusting of confectioners' sugar. Drizzle each serving with additional maple syrup (optional).

Notes

This easy gluten-free french toast casserole is fluffy and light in the inside and has a crunchy top.

If you’re in a hurry, you could skip toasting the bread cubes; however, toasting makes for a better french toast casserole so I highly recommend it. Toasting the bread helps the bread soak up the egg mixture better. If your bread is slightly stale and dried out already, you can skip this step.

You can skip the berries if you wish to just have a cinnamon raisin french toast casserole. The berries will add color and texture, so I prefer to use them.

It is best to soak the bread cubes at least an hour, but you can even leave them to soak overnight if you want to make this breakfast dish the night before and simply bake in the AM. Soaking the bread longer will give you a moister french toast casserole as a result. 

If you don’t have cinnamon raisin bread, consider adding 1/4 cup of raisin and 1 tsp of cinnamon to the mixture before baking.

Nutrition

Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 347mg | Potassium: 203mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 99IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 2mg