Blackberry French Toast

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb loaf crusty french bread, sliced
• 10 large eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 pint heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 (12 ounce) bag frozen blackberries or 3/4 pint fresh berries

Recipe

• 1 the night before.
• 2 preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• 3 slice the bread and spread on a large cookie sheet.
• 4 place in oven, turn oven off, and let bread set in oven overnight (since i have a gas oven, i just set the bread in the oven overnight, the pilot light hardened it enough).
• 5 the next morning.
• 6 whisk the eggs and 1/4 cup sugar until all the yolks are broken.
• 7 add the milk and cream and whisk a little more.
• 8 put the dried bread pieces on top of the egg mixture.
• 9 wait a few minutes, then push the rest of the bread into the mixture and mix lightly.
• 10 grease a bundt pan and place half of the bread mixture in the pan to cover the botton.
• 11 spoon the berries over the bread and sprinkle berries with the 1 tablespoon sugar.
• 12 spoon the remainder of the bread over the berries and pour the remaining liquid over the top.
• 13 brush the top with the melted butter.
• 14 bake at 325 for 1 hour or until toothpick insterted comes out clean.
• 15 cut and serve, while hot.
• 16 serve with powdered sugar or syrup drizzled over the top.