A General Conference Breakfast...with Food Storage Ingredients!

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Each General Conference, I try to post a breakfast idea to try.  It is a perfect time to experiment with your food storage products and also a great time to spend with your family.  This is a yummy recipe is taken directly from The Beautiful Basics.

Creme Brulee French Toast

This was what we had for Christmas morning this year. I love it because you make it the night before and then just pop it in the oven the next day. I have used both Texas toast for the bread and a loaf of sliced French bread. They both have positives. The Texas Toast is a little easier to cut but it didn't caramelize around the edges quite as well as the French bread. I hope you love it!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup of packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons of corn syrup

1 loaf of Texas toast or French bread cut into slices

5 eggs

1 1/2 cups of half and half (you can use the fat free with pretty decent results, it was still yummy.)

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

In a small saucepan melt butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup over medium heat until smooth, storing occasionally. Pour mixture into large, greased jelly roll pan (18X13X1 it says but I would have had to use 2 for the 12 slices to fit, I could only get about 6 whole slices on the sheet and some half slices around the edge). Spread to cover surface. Place 12 slices bread in a single layer to cover pan. Mix together eggs, half and half, salt and vanilla. Spoon mixture over each slice of bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from pan and serve. If not serving immediately, turn each slice of bread over to prevent them from sticking to the pan. It says to serve with syrup butter (1 1.2 cups of butter mixed with 3 cups of maple syrup) but I honestly did not need to add anything. A sprinkling of powdered sugar would look nice too. This would also be good with fruit on the side.

The only thing you may not have is the cream in your storage.  However, you can purchase shelf stable whipping cream (from sites such as Alpine Food Storage) and have it at the ready.

I like the fact that it is made ahead of time.....so you can sleep in!!!  Try it!