Pineapple Upside-Down French Toast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup firmly-packed dark brown sugar
1 (10 -15 ounce) can well-drained crushed pineapple with juice (reserve 1/4 cup juice)
2 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup half-and-half cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
8 -9 slices bread (or more)

Preparation

Set oven to 400 degrees.
Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
Set oven rack to middle position.
In a saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat; stir in the brown sugar until dissolved.
Add in the drained crushed pineapple; stir well to incorporate.
in a bowl, whisk together eggs, whole milk, half and half, reserved 1/4 cup pineapple juice, salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
Lightly grease baking dish.
Spread pineapple/brown sugar mixture evenly over bottom of dish.
Dip the bread slices into milk/egg mixture, and arrange in one layer on top of pineapple mixture (use as much bread is need to cover the pinapple, more than 9 slices may be needed for this).
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until bread is golden.