Overnight Oven-Baked French Toast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) French bread, loaf
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Cut bread loaf into about 10 (3/4-inch-thick) slices.
Spread butter evenly over one cut side of each bread slice.
Arrange bread, butter side up, in an ungreased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
Whisk together eggs and next 5 ingredients; pour over bread, pressing slices down. Cover and chill 8 hours.
Remove bread slices from baking dish, and place on two lightly greased baking sheets.
Bake, uncovered, at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes or until golden.