Overnight Pecan French Toast Casserole – Make your morning delicious with this easy-to-make-ahead breakfast. Perfect for holidays and family gatherings.
Our weekend breakfasts are always ones to drool over: fancy pancakes made from scratch by my son Aiden, my famous crepes with homemade raspberry sauce, or my husband’s cheesy scrambled eggs. These dishes have become staples over the years.
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But there are Sunday mornings when I like to try new things. Since breakfast casseroles were a part of my childhood, I like to make them for my kids, too.
Sadly, my hubby doesn’t feel the same way about breakfast casseroles, so I decided to make one he couldn’t resist. That’s when I came up with this Overnight French Toast Casserole. I paired some of his favorites all in one dish.
This coconut cinnamon pecan french toast casserole will quickly become a part of your weekday rotation and a holiday must-have. My son, Aiden, really loves this casserole because he loves coconut.
You know I love making breakfast meals that get my kids’ days off to great starts. But I also want something my kids and hubby will love. The coconut, pecans, and cinnamon combine some of our family favorites into one dish. I love that the crumb topping has a cinnamon-toast-like crunch, whereas the bottom of the casserole has a bread pudding feeling, making for an incredible breakfast.
Overnight Casserole Recipe Tips
I would go as far as saying that you don’t just need to save this Overnight Pecan French Toast Casserole for breakfast; you can also make it ahead of time for brunches and even dinner.
For this casserole, we paired it with the most delicious glaze, but you can also use traditional maple syrup for a topping, a sprinkle of cinnamon, whipped cream, or even fruit sauce or powdered sugar if you wish.
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Overnight Pecan French Toast Casserole
Ingredients
- 12 slices texas toast-style white bread
- 2 cups Silk Coconut milk
- 6 eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup shredded coconut
Topping
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons salted butter chilled
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans I used Diamond of California
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
Coconut Icing
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 5.3 ounce container So Delicious Coconut yogurt
- 1-2 teaspoons Silk coocnut milk
Instructions
- Cut bread into 1-inch cubes and place in a greased 9×13 inch 9×13 casserole dish.
- In a medium bowl whisk together milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. Pour over bread in the casserole dish. Cover and chill overnight.
- Next morning preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Make crumb topping. In a small bowl combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, coconut, and salt; cut in chilled butter into the brown sugar mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chopped pecans.
- Uncover casserole dish. Sprinkle crumb topping over the soaked bread mixture.
- Place in oven and bake uncovered for 40-45 minutes until golden and bread is baked through.
- Remove from oven.
Frosting
- In a small mixing bowl combine powdered sugar, coconut yogurt, and coconut milk. Whisk until thoroughly combined.
- Drizzle with frosting and/or syrup. Serve immediately while warm; although it is great cold, kind of like a bread pudding.
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Now that looks very tasty. I would eat those for breakfast or as dessert for lunch or dinner.
OK, I’m practically drooling just reading this recipe. I don’t even have to make it to know that we’ll love it. Thanks for putting this together and sharing. I can hardly wait to make it for my coconut crazy friend too!
This is creative and easier way to feed a crowd!
How much salt do I use in the topping, it doesn’t say?
1/2 teaspoon – thanks for catching that.
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I want this for breakfast!!!!
Definitely a great idea, enjoy!
There are so many flavors and textures to this sweet treat; it looks amazing! Excited to give this a try!
It’s definitely amazing! I hope you like it!
This sounds incredibly delicious! Perfect for breakfast!
I hope you enjoy it!
Wow this toast casserole looks scrumptious! I can’t wait to try this recipe for my roommate and me for breakfast and probably desert! I love how easy to follow your recipes are and how all these ingredients are usually found in my fridge and pantry.
Thank you! They definitely are so easy but delicious! I’m so glad you enjoy them.
This casserole look so delicious! Love this for our Sunday brunch!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
This will make a perfect breakfast for Easter morning! Love all the flavors packed into this recipe; sounds decadent!
Great idea! I hope you enjoy it!
This looks incredible, I cannot wait to try this.
Thanks, enjoy!
It says 1/4 cup of coconut for the filling, but doesn’t mention adding it to the bread mixture? Also doesn’t say how much vanilla?