Baked French Toast

I think I might make this Christmas morning because I can put it together the night before and just bake it in the morning.

Ingredients
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices (day old is best)
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup half-and-half cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
1 1/3 cups brown sugar
3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Directions
Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture.
Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.

Toffee

The one recipe Christmas wouldn't be complete with out.

1 Cup real butter
1 1/3 cup sugar
1 T Corn Syrup
3 T water
8 oz milk chocolate
1 cup finely chopped toasted almonds


Melt butter in a heavy 2 quart saucepan

Add sugar corn syrup and water and cook until hard crack stage (300 degrees or as mom says cook until it is the same color as an old penny)

Immediately pour into a 9X13 pan. While still warm spread milk chocolate on top. Sprinkle almonds on top and lightly press into melted chocolate. When completely cool break into pieces and store in covered container.