Preparation Time

10 minutes prep the night before, 20 minutes bake time

Ingredients

• 1 loaf day old French Bread
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground cinnamon
• dash salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or cashews
• 2 tablespoons honey

Directions

The evening before:
• grease 2 9x13-inch glass pans. Slice the bread diagonally into 1-inch thick pieces.
• in a large bowl whisk together the eggs, 1 1/2 tsp. honey, cinnamon and salt. Stir in the milk and vanilla.
• dip the bread in the mixture, coating both sides. Arrange in greased pans, cover and refrigerate overnight.
  In the morning:
• remove the pans from the fridge 30 minutes before baking and uncover.
• drizzle the melted butter over the bread slices, followed with a sprinkling of the brown sugar (I like to use a flour sifter or a sieve for this) and the nuts. Top with drizzling of honey.
• bake for 20 minutes. (I sometimes sift a little confectioners sugar on top when done)

Goes Great With...

bacon, fresh fruit