We serve this yummy dish on Sunday mornings.
Cinnamon Pecan French Toast Bake
1/4 Cup Butter (melted)
2 Cans Refrigerated cinnamon rolls
6 Eggs
1/2 Cup Heavy cream
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
1 Cup chopped pecans
1 Cup maple syrup
Heat oven to 375. Pour melted butter into an ungreased 13×9 inch glass baking dish. Separate cans of dough into 16 rolls, set icing aside. Cut each roll into 4-6 pieces. Place pieces into baking dish.
In a medium bowl, combine eggs, cream, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix well. Pour over roll pieces. Sprinkle with pecan pieces and drizzle with maple syrup.
Bake 20 to 28 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 – 15 minutes. Drizzle icing over top.
Make it extra special by adding chopped apples or blue berries…YUM!
(With thanks to Pillsbury – where the recipe started – we then played with it!)
