Sara And Matt’s Baked Chocolate Chip Banana French Toast

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1/2-2/3 loaf sliced sourdough bread or 1/2-2/3 loaf french bread
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup egg (or substitute 4 large eggs-6 total)
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• vegetable oil cooking spray, for pan if wanted (doesnムt stick too bad without)
• 1/4-1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 pinches salt
• 1 cup chopped toasted unsalted pecans (can substitute for almonds or walnuts or no nuts if not a nut fan)
• 3 bananas, sliced

Recipe

• 1 1. spray pan with cooking spray if desired. tear up bread slices into a 9x13 pan. i find making about 2 vertical layers of bread is the perfect amount of crisp vs. soft when baked.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 2. in a large bowl, whisk eggs and egg whites. add milk, vanilla, cinnamon & whisk thoroughly. pour over the bread. with your (clean) hands, carefully bread push down to make sure it's all wet.
• 4 let sit 10 minutes or so, then flip the layers, add the sliced bananas on top and let sit another 5 minutes or so.
• 5 3. in a bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, 2/3 cup pecans, pinch of salt & cinnamon. spread on top of the french toast mixture with your hands (it doesn't spread super easily, just fyi). sprinkle extra pecans and chocolate chips on top.
• 6 4. bake in preheated oven for 45 - 50 minutes or until toasted on top and egg mixture set.
• 7 can add extra maple syrup to taste ? enjoy!