Baked Bagel French Toast with Maple Glaze — Soft, chewy bagels make the best French toast! So easy, no flipping required, and tastes phenomenally good!!
French Toast Breakfast Casserole…With Bagels!
I’ve made my share of French toast. With Hawaiian bread, as French toast sticks, as muffins, with gingerbread, pumpkin, streusel topping, and peanut butter maple syrup.
But using bagels is a first and it won’t be the last. This fast, easy, no-flipping, no-stovetop-babysitting, baked French toast casserole is soft, chewy, moist, and tender.
It’s perfect for brunch or on a leisurely weekend. I made it over the weekend and wrapped up the leftovers in plastic wrap and had breakfasts ready for my daughter for the week.
I finished the dish with an easy whisk-together maple syrup glaze. It boosts the maple flavor even more, and adds a gooey, juicy, lusciousness to the French toast that’s more special than plain maple syrup.
Every bite of this French toast is like the sweet, soft, glaze-coated, perfect center bite of a cinnamon roll. It’s an easy, comfort food breakfast that’s guaranteed to be a hit.
What’s in Bagel French Toast Casserole?
To make this quick french toast casserole, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Eggs
- Milk
- Maple syrup
- Granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- Salt
- Bagels
- Confectioners’ sugar
How to Make Bagel French Toast Casserole
Whisk together the melted butter, eggs, milk, maple syrup, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Add the diced bagels and toss to coat.
Turn the mixture into a greased 11×7-inch baking dish. Bake until the center is set and has dried out some, taking care not to over bake as you want the French toast soft and moist.
Once the french toast breakfast casserole comes out of the oven, drizzle with maple glaze.
Can I Prep This Easy Baked French Toast the Night Before?
I haven’t tried this myself, so I can’t say for sure whether you can transform this into an overnight french toast casserole.
Tips for Making Baked French Toast Casserole
I used Thomas’ Limited Edition Maple French Toast Bagels. Making French toast with French toast-flavored bagels is perfect destiny. The bagels are soft, chewy, full of robust maple and cinnamon flavor, and they smell amazing.
Even in the sealed bag they made my cupboard smell like a bakery. If you can’t find this flavor, use cinnamon-swirl, cinnamon-raisin, or plain bagels.
You’re welcome to use lite or sugar-free maple syrup in this recipe if that’s what you prefer.
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Baked Bagel French Toast with Maple Glaze
Ingredients
French Toast
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk or cream, regular, soy, almond, cashew, etc.
- ¼ cup maple syrup, lite or sugar-free okay
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or taste
- 5 Thomas’ Limited Edition Maple French Toast Bagels (or cinnamon-swirl, cinnamon-raisin, or plain, diced in 1-inch pieces
Maple Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- about 1/4 cup+ maple syrup, lite or sugar-free okay, adding additional as necessary for desired consistency
Instructions
- French Toast:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a medium-large oval baker with cooking spray or grease and flour the baking dish. My baking dish measures about 11-inches by 7-inches. Alternatively, use a 9-inch square pan or a 9×13-inch pan noting that baking time will be reduced; set aside.
- To a large microwave-safe bowl, add the butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute. Wait momentarily so you don’t scramble the eggs.
- Add the eggs, milk, maple syrup, sugars, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and whisk to combine.
- Add the bagels and toss lightly to coat. Allow mixture to stand for about 5 to 10 minutes, stirring once or twice, giving bagels time to soak up the coating.
- Turn mixture out into prepared baking dish, loosely laying it in. Drizzle any unabsorbed coating mixture over the bagels.
- Bake for about 35 minutes (start watching more closely at 30 minutes), or until center is set and has dried out some taking care not to overbake as you want the French toast soft and moist. The coating does not have to be bone dry on all pieces. If you’re having difficulty judging doneness, try a small bite and if it seems too wet, moist, or underdone for your liking, bake longer. French toast will firm up more as it cools. Baking times may vary widely based upon bagels used, baking dish used, climate, and oven variance.
- While French toast bakes, make the glaze.
Maple Glaze:
- To a medium bowl, add both ingredients and whisk until smooth. You may need to play with the sugar or maple syrup amounts slightly to achieve desired consistency.
- Remove French toast from oven, evenly drizzle with glaze, and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is just what I’ve been looking for, I’m hosting a brunch in a couple of weeks and I can already smell it baking! Thank you for sharing and by the way, your photos are mouth watering, I can almost taste it! :)
I made this for brunch this morning to thank my bridesmaids for flying in to help me shop for my wedding dress. Everyone loved it! Thank you!
Thanks for trying the recipe and I’m glad it came out great for you! And have fun dress shopping!!
Yes, yes, yes!!! Bagels make the best french toast casseroles. They are usually the only thing I use in mine because of the texture!!! And that maple glaze on top…I would totally be slurping some as I drizzled it on top!!! Pinned!!!
Thanks for pinning and that’s awesome you’re already on board with bagels in French toast casseroles. It was news to me and now I’m sold! :)
OMG. Bagels in a french toast casserole?!? What a *BRILLIANT* idea! Seriously…this one deserves a standing ovation.
Turning bagels into french toast? Averie, you are a GENIUS. I can never get through the whole stack of them before they start to go stale… And then I just end up baking way too many bagel chips. (But since they’re my favorite part of Chex mix and I always pick them out, I suppose there are worse things in life. But I digress.) Your daughter is so lucky to have you as a mom and get to eat all kinds of delicious things for breakfast! :)
The bagel chips in Chex mix are the first thing I go for too!
Killer recipe! It really looks like a mix of a monkey bread…casserole..bagel…and french toast. Plus im sure others. And the glaze is truly the icing on the…er…not cake..icing on the french toast ;) hehe
Wow, baked bagel French toast… this is insanely awesome!
Wow! This looks so great! It looks perfectly sweet and chewy!
I do love a good chew so bagels seem like the perfect thing to use for this!
Bagels?? Wow!! Never thought of using it.. This is perfect for those lazy weekend mornings! It looks fantastic!
What can be used to substitute eggs? Vegan,.
Love the quick and simple recipe but not adding eggs. Maybe Vegg, egg replacer, applesauce, chia seeds/flax. Suggestions
donuts yes, french bread yes, texas toast, yes but bagels? Never thought to do that and yet its such a fantastic idea!
I love french toast, but I seem to ALWAYS end up over cooking them, or they’re too eggy or whatever. This method of french toast is SUCH an exciting prospect!
Not soggy, not eggy, and super easy! Enjoy!
I miss bagels so much, but my ass doesn’t!
LOL you’re the best :)
I love french toast casseroles like this. They are much easier than regular french toast but with so much flavor. In my family we traditionally have a french toast casserole on Easter morning!
Perfect holiday brunch recipe for sure!
BAGEL French Toast?! You smarty pants, you. This looks award-winning. Pinned!