Overnight Oven-Baked French Toast

Ingredients

• 16 ounce bread loaf french
• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 4 large eggs 
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup 
• 1 cup milk 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• baking pan

Directions

1. Cut bread loaf into about 10 (3/4-inch-thick) slices.
2. Spread butter evenly over one cut side of each bread slice.
3. Arrange bread, butter side up, in an ungreased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
4. Whisk together eggs and next 5 ingredients; pour over bread, pressing slices down. Cover and chill 8 hours.
5. Remove bread slices from baking dish, and place on two lightly greased baking sheets.
6. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 45 minutes or until golden.