Easy Crock Pot French Toast Casserole

Need easy peasy breakfast and brunch treats so that you spend less time cooking and more time playing and having fun. Then this Slow Cooker Brioche French Toast is right up your street.
It is one of those make ahead dishes that is so easy and so deliciously, sinfully good, that you think why did I not make this sooner and why oh why do I not make it every day?
You can simply throw your brioche, fruit and quick to make eggy custard into your slow cooker and set it to go. A few hours later and brunch is served.
Even better is that you can mix this Crockpot French Casserole overnight in the crockpot insert and refrigerate. Easy to just add the bowl to the slow cooker in the morning and press go.
Why You’ll Love This
- It tastes amazing and is budget friendly.
- It is a simple recipe made with everyday staples
- It takes just 5 minutes of prep – yeap, 5 minutes.
- Your crockpot does all the hard work for you.
- The perfect breakfast that works as a desert too.
- It’s a crowd feeding stunner – simply double it and serve it up
How To Make Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, heavy cream, vanilla and nutmeg until combined
- Cut brioche rolls into rough pieces.
- Spray the Crockpot insert and add half the cut brioche rolls along with half the blueberries and almonds.
- Then layer with the remaining brioche.
- Pour all the egg mixture over the bread and scatter over the remaining blueberries and almonds.
- Place the insert in the cooker, close the lid, and cook on low for 2.5 hrs.
- Serve the slow cooker brioche French toast with extra fruit, nuts and maple syrup
Expert Recipe Tips
- Feel free to use croissants instead this Crockpot Breakfast French Toast.
- Add more maple syrup if you have a sweeter tooth.
- You can easily double the recipe, just make sure your slow cooker in large enough to hold it all.
- Cooking times may vary depending on the size, make, and model of your slow cooker. Make sure to consult your manual as necessary.
Delicious Way To Change It Up
- Vary the spices – you can use other spices like cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, allspice and cardamom to you preference.
- Vary the nuts – Use other nuts like pecans, walnuts or hazelnuts.
- Vary The fruit – add in some raisins, sultanas, cranberries etc.
- Vary the sweetness – you can use honey, caramel etc instead.
More Breakfast Recipes
- Slow Cooker Bread Budding.
- Slow Cooker Breakfast Casserole.
- Instant Pot Breakfast Casserole.
- Buttermilk Pancakes.
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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 250 ml (1 cup) milk
- 175 ml (3/4 cup) double cream
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 100 g (3.5oz) blueberries
- 8 brioche rolls if your dish is shallow, cut in half again the other way to make shorter pieces, each one split in half
- A handful of sliced almonds
- Strawberries to serve
- Icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, double cream, vanilla and nutmeg until combined
- Cut brioche rolls into rough pieces.
- Lay half the cut brioche rolls in the slow cooker bowl along with half the blueberries and almonds.
- Then layer with the remaining brioche.
- Pour all the egg mixture over the bread and scatter over the remaining blueberries and almonds.
- Put the bowl in the cooker, close the lid, switch it on, select the slow cooker programme and set the time for 2.5 hrs.
- Serve the slow cooker brioche French toast with extra fruit, nuts and maple syrup.
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