Baked Caramelized Pear and Pecan French Toast

  • 70 minutes
  • 12 ingredients
  • 8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf French Bread
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 2 pears, cored and sliced in strips
  • 2 TB butter
  • 6 TB maple syrup, divided
  • 1/2 cup pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease 9 x 13 baking pan.
  2. Slice french bread into 1/2 inch slices and line baking pan in 2 rows.
  3. Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom, salt, orange zest and 3 TB maple syrup.
  4. Pour egg mixture over bread, coating each slice of bread. Set aside.
  5. Over medium heat, melt 2 TB butter in a medium sized sauce pan. Add sliced pears and cook until soft. Add 1 TB maple syrup and cook until pears are caramelized.
  6. When pears are finished, place on top of bread & egg mixture, evenly placing across the top.
  7. Top with pecans and drizzle 2 TB maple syrup over the top. Bake for 50 minutes.
  8. Serve with whipped cream.
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