These Baked French Toast Cups are an easy way to elevate your everyday breakfast. Made with day-old bread, a cinnamon struesel topping, and a drizzle of icing. Yum! This recipe is perfect for a fun brunch menu, a holiday, or even a weekend when you need a little something special. This recipe is great to make ahead, resulting in a delicious, effortless breakfast the following morning. Make it with me!

A Great Make-Ahead Breakfast Baked French Toast Cups

These Baked French Toast Cups are a total lifesaver because they use up day-old stale bread AND they can be made ahead of time. That means no ingredients go to waste, and you get a delicious meal.

Prepare the muffin cups the night before your next brunch celebration, and bake them when you wake up. An elevated breakfast done right!

What You’ll Need To Make Baked French Toast Cups

• 10 cups of day-old bread, cut or torn into ½ inch cubes
• 2 cups milk
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• For the Cinnamon Streusel Topping:
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• For the Icing
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon milk

How To Prepare French Toast Cups

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Fold in the bread cubes until everything is coated.
2. Grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin. Fill the muffin cups with the prepared mixture. Cover the muffins with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or up to overnight.
3. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
4. To make the cinnamon streusel, combine butter, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Mix with your hands until you have a crumbly mixture. Remove the muffins from the refrigerator and sprinkle the muffins evenly with the streusel topping.
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
6. Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk to create the icing.
7. Let muffins cool for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan, drizzle with icing, and enjoy.

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Other Breakfast Ideas To Try

• Banana Bread French Toast
• Buttermilk Pancakes
• One Hour Cinnamon Rolls
• Biscuits & Gravy Casserole
• Chunky Cinnamon French Toast

Yield: 12 cups

Baked French Toast Cups

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These Baked French Toast Cups are an easy way to elevate your everyday breakfast. Made with day-old bread, a cinnamon struesel topping, and a drizzle of icing.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Additional Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients

• 10 cups of day old bread cut or torn into ½ inch cubes
• 2 cups milk
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• For the Cinnamon Streusel Topping:
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• For the Icing
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon milk

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Fold in the bread cubes until everything is coated.
2. Grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin. Fill the muffin cups with the prepared mixture. Cover the muffins with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours or up to overnight.
3. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
4. To make the cinnamon streusel, combine butter, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Mix together with your hands until you have a crumbly mixture. Remove the muffins from the refrigerator and sprinkle the muffins evenly with the streusel topping.
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
6. Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk to create the icing.
7. Let muffins cool for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan, drizzle with icing, and enjoy.