Baked French Toast

This bread pudding-like dish was first introduced to me by one of my very best friends. We got together for Easter one year while our husbands were deployed and this is what we ate that day. Since then, I've traditionally made it for brunch on Easter as well as on Christmas morning. It's safe to say that I'd eat this baked French toast everyday if I could, but I'd probably end up with diabetes.

Before I get into the recipe, let me note one things. The recipe calls for a loaf of Challah bread. Apparently, there really hasn't been a huge Jewish culture anywhere that I've lived, because the stuff is impossible to find. Brioche is a good substitute, and if you can't find that either, a French loaf will do the trick. I used egg and butter rolls this last time and the dish turned out perfectly.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf Challah, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 stick (8 tbsp) Butter, softened
• 5 Eggs, beaten
• 2 cups Heavy Cream
• 1 tbsp Vanilla
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tsp Cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch pan. Spread bread evenly into pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, cream, and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Pour egg mixture over the bread and mix gently until evenly distributed. 
4. Sprinkle top of bread with cinnamon and sugar mixture. 
5. Cover with foil.
6. Set the pan of bread into a larger pan. Add water to the larger pan until it is within half an inch of the top of the bread pan. 
7. Bake covered for approximately an hour and 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 15 minutes, or until the top browns
8. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Enjoy!

My favorite thing about this French toast recipe is that there's no syrup necessary.  It's plenty sweet on it's own!

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Our Easter Weekend

It was a rather low-key weekend around these parts. The girls and I stayed pretty close to home with all of our Easter activities. Surprisingly, it felt like we did a whole bunch without actually leaving the Schofield Barracks area. Side note: HELP! I becoming one of those that doesn't leave base for anything.

Friday was spent avoiding McDonalds and their delicious cheeseburgers that I've become addicted to. #CatholicProbz. Other than that, we didn't do much other than lounge. The girls went to bed late on Thursday which didn't make for the best moods come Friday.

In the struggle to avoid meat, I figured out the secret to ordering Pizza Hut in Hawaii. Turns out you can't just go to pizzahut.com. It has to be pizzahuthawaii.com. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why the location closest to out house wouldn't accept online delivery orders. It's because the regular Pizza Hut site is much cheaper.

Saturday morning Jen and her family joined us for an Easter egg hunt over at the PX. I'm not sure my kids were feeling it. Veronica stood there bawling for no reason for a while before deciding to start pinking up eggs. Adri didn't bother with eggs.

From the egg hunt, we headed over to the Earth Day Festival that they were having on post. There were tons of inflatable bounce houses and a few kiddie carnival rides. After the girls rode a few things, we went over to get some snacks. I was standing in line and the lady in front of me was taking her sweet ass time with her four slow ass kids. Meanwhile, the sun is pummeling me, and I'm leaning on a barricade to avoid becoming a heat casualty. I blame not having a decent breakfast. After what felt like a century's wait, I order my soda, chug it, and I'm back in business.

More tears. I think she thought it was going to fly away..?

For Easter Sunday we once again joined Jen and her family for brunch. The girls mostly hung out eating candy or playing with toys, while I was able to enjoy conversation with grown adult human beings. Once we went back home, the afternoon was spent snuggled up on the couch watching Disney Jr.

This week I've gota get my butt in gear and get this place cleaned up and organized. I had a ton or projects that I wanted to attempt to tackle while the husband was doing the Army thing, but I haven't gotten around to them. Hopefully, I can knock something out this week.

Be sure to come back on Friday for a HUGE giveaway that you do not want to miss!

Have a great week!

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