Holiday Style Baked French Toast

As you know, part of my New Year’s Frugal Kitchen Goal is to reduce food waste. I’m feeling really good about our progress. Today at lunch, we ate up four different leftovers. It feels good to be filling our bellies instead of our trash can!

Last week, I tried something new to use up some leftover holiday egg nog. Instead of using milk in my Baked French Toast recipe, I substituted the egg nog. We loved it! Actually, we all preferred it over the usual recipe.  

Holiday Style Baked French Toast

5 cups bread cubes

4 eggs

1 ½ cups of egg nog (or milk)

1 tbsp. cinnamon sugar mixture (optional)

Spread bread cubes into a greased 9X9 pan. In a bowl, whisk together eggs and egg nog. Pour over bread cubes. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake at 350˚ for 35 minutes.  Serve with syrup.

This recipe can be made the night before, refrigerated overnight, and baked in the morning. Or, it can be frozen, thawed overnight, and baked in the morning.

Frugal Tip: Keep a container in your freezer for odd pieces of leftover bread, rolls, and crusts. Cube the bread before you freeze it and when you have enough, make Baked French Toast.