Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2011

This was fantastic! Made it as directed--if you don't like too sweet of a breakfast, you can avoid making the additional sauce, but we all enjoyed the added caramel flavor.

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Kathy M

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Living In: Brunswick, Maine, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2011

DELICIOUS and SOOOO EASY. I baked up 2 loaves of pillsbury french bread the day before to use, worked great. One of my faves.

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kmbarlow

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2010

Fantastic! The texture you get is not crispy-toast-like, it's more like bread pudding - but definitely not soggy. Just be careful with the amount you put in, depending on bread type, and how dry your bread is in the first place. It's a great recipe to use if you have leftover baguette or pumpernickel. Use less liquid if using fresh, moist bread. I didn't have pecans (so no layers), didn't use extra spices, and didn't make the syrup for the next morning. I cubed leftover pumpernickel bread that had dried out, placed it evenly over the caramel sauce, then poured the milk/egg/vanilla mix on top until just damp (almost all of it). It turned out great!

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miss.dani

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2010

This is the best of these recipes that I have tried! I left off the caramel topping though, since my family likes maple syrup on their french toast. (I also left out the pecans because of an allergy issue.) We loved it so much, I made it again a few days later!

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AnitaGoodCook

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2010

I know better than to try out a new recipe on Christmas day. :( I have yet to try a soak overnight french toast recipe that isnt soggy. I did reduce the milk to 1 cup and used Texas Toast. It was still soggy in parts and dry in others. ? Its too sweet too, and I LOVE sweets. Maybe all the other sweets that come with Christmas is too much and I should make a savory Breakfast recipe for us. Who knows. I didnt enjoy this at all and made it exactly as stated just reducing the milk by half a cup in hopes to reduce soggi-ness. No luck. I gave it 3 stars because it did have a good taste. i could probably tweak it and come up with something yummy. But regular french toast is actually better than this. Good luck.

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SARAHFLOWERS

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2010

THe best! I bring this to all my brunches and its always a hit

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Renee

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Bath, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2010

This recipe was excellent!! Some say it is too sweet, but with a good cup of coffee or glass of milk it is perfect. It is not soggy at all. I don't think you need to serve it with anything as heavy as quiche and home fries though. Maybe some simple scrambled eggs or however you like them, and maybe a slice or two of bacon. Will definitely make this again!!!

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SOPHBARK

Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2010

It didn't taste bad but the caramel souce was as hard as a rock...maybe I made it wrong....

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Professional MOM

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2010

dont cook initial sauce so long-it will harden. Cook only 3 min on medium

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kris

Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2010

This was very very good. I read through many reviews and made the following changes which worked well. I did not make the additional caramel sauce and we had plenty. I only used the bottom layer of caramel and one layer of bread. I thick cut a loaf of french bread - my 9 x 13 pan used 6 slices. I only used 5 eggs, 1 cup of 1/2 and 1/2 instead of milk, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon and it was plenty. I only used 1/2 cup (1 small baking package) of pecans and put them on the bottom layer of caramel sauce prior to covering with bread. After the dish baked I flipped it out on a serving platter and it was beautiful.

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