French Toast & Apple Casserole

4 Tblsp. butter
3-4 large apples
3/4 cup of brown sugar
2 Tblsp. water
1 Tsp. cinnamon
8-10 slices of Italian bread/French bread
4 large eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
2 Tsp vanilla extract

Melt the butter in a large skillet and add apples.
Cook and stir for 5 minutes.
Add brown sugar, water, and cinnamon and continue to cook and stir for 10 minutes until apples are tender.
Spoon mixture into 13x9 baking dish.
Cover apples with bread slices, making sure to cover the entire surface.
Trim the bread to fit if you must.
Beat eggs until foamy, then beat in milk and vanilla.
Dip each bread slice in the egg mixture.
Cover apples with bread slices, making sure to cover the entire surface.
Trim the bread to fit if you must.
Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
In the morning, remove the dish from the refrigerator and let it stand while oven is preheated to 375 F.
Bake uncovered for 35 minutes, or until bread is golden and firm.
Let sit 10 minutes before serving.
To serve on a platter, run a knife around the edges of the casserole, place platter on top of casserole, and carefully flip.
To serve individually, use a spatula to remove serving, place serving plate on top of serving and carefully flip so apple side is up.

And you all know how I am, I never follow a recipe exactly. I didn't really measure things exactly. I think it would be delicious though to have the casserole double-layered. It seemed a little thin to me.

The apples end up being really delicious, so believe me, you'll want to eat a lot of this!

And also, I'm sure you don't have to refrigerate it overnight.

How Does This Blog Work?

I thought we should try using a blog to share all of our family recipes. That way, they will always be easily accessible to everyone in our family. Librarians are all about access, you know!

Since we are each set up as contributors to this blog, we all have the ability to create posts. Each new recipe should be entered as a new post. Use the title of the recipe for the title of the post. After a recipe is posted, if you find that you substitute an ingredient or change the recipe in some other way, post this information as a comment to the orignal recipe posting.

In case you are unfamiliar with blogs, think of them as online diaries. Only in this case, this "diary" has many authors. And instead of babbling on about our personal lives, we are writing down our recipes. Blog is short for "weblog," a log of entries on the web! Remember, blog entries are stored in reverse chronological order, with the oldest entries being at the very end of the blog. Blog entries never disappear, unless the author removes the post or the creator of the blog (me) deletes it altogether. To the left of this post, you can see a list of active contributors and a list of all of the posts by title. It's not necessary to sign your name at the bottom of the post because Blogger does that for you automatically.

I hope we all find this blog useful and fun. Happy Eating!