Weekly What’s Cooking with Melissa

Since I’ve committed myself to making more casseroles and sharing more recipes for them, I chose a breakfast casserole for this week. I hope you like this lighter version of French Toast Casserole.

 

French Toast Casserole (lighter)

1 whole loaf of bread (torn into 1 inch pieces)

1/4 cup raw sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg

4 eggs

2 egg whites

1 1/2 cup skim milk or 2% milk

1 tbsp. vanilla extract

Put bread pieces evenly in a greased 9×13 casserole dish. In a bowl mix together eggs, egg whites, raw sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk and vanilla.  Pour egg mixture over top of bread pieces. Cover and refrigerate overnight. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown.

*I like to add a cup of blueberries when I place the bread pieces in the casserole dish.