Best Breakfast EVER - Croissant "Creme Brulee" Pudding

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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!