Kid-Friendly Breakfast Recipe- Baked Apple French Toast

My two year old son, Campbell absolutely loves this recipe.  You must try this breakfast dish...

Baked Apple French Toast

1 (16oz) loaf French bread
8 eggs ( I use16 oz. of Egg Beaters)
3 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar, divided 
1 tbsp vanilla extract
5 (or so) Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored, and sliced ( My son like Fuji Apples and you can also use the pre-sliced apples in the bags found in the snack section in produce if they are on sale)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp butter ( I use ICBINB Mediterranean Blend butter/ only 70 calories)

Cut the French bread in 1 1/2 inch slices.

Arrange the bread slices in a single layer in a greased 9×11 baking dish. You may have to fiddle with this to get them all in.

In a mixing bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, 1/4 cup of the sugar, and the vanilla. Pour half of the mixture over the bread. I flip the bread slices around so that they are evenly coated with the egg mixture.

Next arrange the apple slices over the bread.

Pour the remaining egg mixture over the apples.
Mix together the 1/2 cup sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the apples.

Dot the top with butter.

Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

It will puff way, way up. Some of our apples even fell off! A fact I remembered the next day when I was preheating the oven for dinner and smelled something burning. Once you remove it from the oven the French toast will settle back down.

Great thing about this recipe is that it can be assembled the day before. Just cover it and store in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake it. You will need to increase your cooking time by 15 minutes.