Best Breakfast EVER - Croissant "Creme Brulee" Pudding

I got this recipe from Tasty Kitchen (the recipe site associated with The Pioneer Woman)

Creme Brulee "Croissant" French Toast
Added by jillott on August 19, 2009 in Breakfast
Baked French toast casserole made with croissants which has a ?creme brulee? layer of sugar. No need for syrup at all.

Prep Time 10 Minutes
Cook Time 40 Minutes
Difficulty Easy
Servings 8
System US Metric

Ingredients
1/2 cups Unsalted Butter
1 cup Packed Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Corn Syrup (I used Golden Syrup)
12 whole Croissants
5 whole Eggs
1-1/2 cup Half & Half (3/4 cup milk & 3/4 cup cream)
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Orange Flavored Liqueur (Grand Marnier) (I omitted this)
⅛ teaspoons Salt (I omitted this too!)

Preparation Instructions
Melt butter over medium heat; mix in brown sugar and corn syrup until dissolved.
Pour into 9 x 13 baking dish.
Cube croissants and layer over the sugar mixture.
Whisk together eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, orange-flavored liqueur and salt.
Pour over bread.
Cover and let sit in the fridge 8 hours or overnight.
Bake at 350F for 40 minutes, until lightly browned and puffed.

Seriously this is going to become a christmas morning breakfast! It's soooo good! And so easy... and you do it the night before! Can't believe how awesome it was! And we had it with strawberries, banana and blueberries and a dusting of icing sugar! YUM YUM YUM!

Making this for breakfast tomorrow...

Shut. Up.

*Cue Homer Simpson drool face*

Hahahahaha. This is our Christmas breakfast every year because it goes in the fridge the night before and then just straight in the oven. But whilst scrounging for food in my deep freeze I found a bag of croissants. Hello breakfast. I don't use good croissants for this I buy the "20 million for $10" or just grab heaps when it's two for one. But I've also done this with torn up bread rolls when equally desperate and had no access to croissants.

Sounds divine!!

Oh. My. Gosh.

I don't care that I'm in my pjs and dead tired and it feels like zero degrees out, I would run to the store to get croissants if it was open! Think we'll be having this Sunday or Monday!

Another tip it works fine with 6 large croissants. Or 12 small ones. I find 12 large is tooooo much!

It comes out crispy on top, gooey on the bottom and custardy all through. It's the perfect people are coming over breakfast served with fresh berries and a dusting of icing sugar. I've even been known to drizzle with a little pouring cream for extra naughtiness. But when cut and served it looks fancy pants ;)

Stop!! I wanna go make it. But know it will mean days of reflux hell. :(

This is what it looks like...

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And noms!

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That looks awesome! So disappointed it has to sit for 8 hours or I'd be eating it for lunch lol.

Can you post some over please! I need one of my daughters bibs from all the drooling

Yummmmmmmm