• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free Instant Pot Recipe Guide! download now!

FREE 5 Instant Pot Meals in 5 Minutes E Course!


Thank you for subscribing!


Formerly Your Homebased Mom

  • About
  • Latest
  • Contact
NEW! Watch on youtube!

Your Homebased Mom

Leigh Anne Wilkes

  • Recipes
    • Course
      • Appetizers
      • Beverages
      • Bread
      • Breakfast and Brunch
      • Dessert
        • Bars and Brownies
        • Cake
        • Candy and Treats
        • Cookies
        • Ice Cream
        • Pie
      • Main Dishes
      • Salads
      • Sandwiches and Burgers
      • Sauces and Dressings
      • Side Dishes
      • Soup
    • Cooking Method
      • Crock Pot
      • Grilling
      • Instant Pot
      • One Pan
      • Oven
      • Quick and Easy
      • Recipes for Two
    • Ingredients
      • Beef
      • Eggs
      • Pasta
      • Pork
      • Poultry
        • Chicken
        • Turkey
      • Seafood
      • Vegetarian
      • Gluten Free
    • Cuisine
      • American
      • Asian
      • European
      • Indian
      • Italian
      • Mediterranean
      • Mexican
    • Holiday
      • New Year’s Eve
      • Valentine’s Day
      • St. Patrick’s Day
      • Easter
      • 4th of July
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
  • Travel
    • Europe
    • United States
      • New York City
      • Portland
    • What To Wear
  • Life
    • Home
    • Party Ideas
    • Empty Nesters
    • Church
      • Activity Day
      • Relief Society
    • Organizational Tips
    • Recommended Reads
  • New? Start Here
  • Subscribe for weekly recipes

    FREE 5 Instant Pot Meals in 5 Minutes E Course!


    Thank you for subscribing!


Recipe Finder

  • Course
    • Appetizers
    • Beverages
    • Bread
    • Breakfast and Brunch
    • Dessert
    • Main Dishes
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches and Burgers
    • Sauces and Dressings
    • Side Dishes
    • Soup
  • Cooking Method
    • Oven
    • Crock Pot
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • One Pan
    • Quick and Easy
  • Ingredients
    • Beef
    • Eggs
    • Pasta
    • Pork
    • Poultry
    • Seafood
    • Vegetarian
    • Gluten Free
  • Cuisine
    • American
    • Asian
    • European
    • Indian
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican
  • Holiday
    • New Year’s Eve
    • Valentine’s Day
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Easter
    • 4th of July
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
Home / Latest Posts / Recipes / Course / Breakfast and Brunch / Creme Brulee French Toast

Creme Brulee French Toast

Jump to Recipe Print Share
Share on:
By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 4/15/19Updated: 1/18/22

This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure policy here.

Creme brulee on a plate

This simple, make ahead, baked creme brulee french toast is amazing and the perfect breakfast to serve on a holiday or for overnight guests.

creme brulee french toast

Over the holidays my daughter attended a brunch at a friend’s house.  She came home raving about the french toast her friend’s mother had made.  Tessa is a french toast connoisseur.

Whenever we go out to breakfast Tessa almost always orders the french toast.  She has eaten a lot of really good french toast as a result.  After she went on and on about the french toast from the party I knew I needed to email the friend’s mom for the recipe.  This Creme Brûlée French Toast is made the night ahead of time so you can have a quick and easy breakfast in the morning. It’s the perfect thing for a holiday breakfast or overnight guests.

Creme Brulee French Toast with fresh strawberries

What is Creme Brulee?

Creme Brûlée is a french dessert that consists of a smooth custard topped with caramelized sugar.  This french toast is basically creme brulee over  bread.  The french toast has a yummy, gooey, caramely layer on top or on the bottom, depending on how you put it on the plate, thus the name Creme Brulee.  Creme Brulee is one of my favorite desserts so I knew I would like it for breakfast too!

I served the french toast with a fresh strawberries but it would be wonderful with come caramelized  apples or blueberry compote too.

baked Creme Brulee French Toast

How to Make Creme Brulee French Toast?

You begin with a layer of brown sugar and butter on the bottom of the pan.  This creates a delicious gooey layer.

Place your sliced bread on the top.  I used challah bread but you can use brioche bread or a crusty french bread that is sliced about one inch thick. French toast is the perfect thing to make when you’ve got some day old or slightly stale bread.

bread soaking in brown sugar and butter

Pour your egg and milk mixture over the top.  The recipe calls for half and half but I only had milk and whipping cream so I used half of each.  That is basically what half and half is!

Cover it with some plastic wrap and let it sit in the refrigerator over night.  Just bring it to room temperature before baking and you are ready to go!

platter of Creme Brulee French Toast

You may also enjoy these other french toast variations:

Snickerdoodle French Toast

Baked French Toast

Brioche French Toast

Creme Brulee French Toast Recipe

5 from 1 vote
creme brulee french toast

Creme Brulee French Toast

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
This simple, make ahead, baked creme brulee french toast is amazing and the perfect breakfast to serve on a holiday or for overnight guests.
serves: 6 servings
Prep:5 minutes
Cook:30 minutes
Total:35 minutes
Rate Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 C unsalted butter
  • 1 C packed brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. corn syrup
  • 1 loaf french brioche or challah bread
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 C half and half
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp orange juice concentrate
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions

  • In a small pan melt butter with brown sugar and corn syrup.  Stir until smooth
  • Pour mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish
  • Cut bread into 1″ thick slices.  Arrange bread slices in pan, on top of sugar mixture.Squeeze them to fit together
  • In a bowl mix together eggs, half and half, vanilla, OJ and salt.  Pour evenly over bread
  • Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate over night
  • Heat oven to 350 degrees and bring bread to room temperature before baking
  • Bake bread mixture uncovered until edges of pale gold. Approx 30-40 minutes

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 615kcal (31%) Carbohydrates: 80g (27%) Protein: 14g (28%) Fat: 27g (42%) Saturated Fat: 15g (94%) Cholesterol: 199mg (66%) Sodium: 531mg (23%) Potassium: 263mg (8%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 41g (46%) Vitamin A: 885IU (18%) Vitamin C: 1.7mg (2%) Calcium: 148mg (15%) Iron: 3.4mg (19%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Breakfast
Cuisine:French
creme brulee french toast
Did you make this?I love seeing what you made. Be sure to share a picture and tag @yourhomebasedmom on social media!
Tag on Insta! Leave a Rating
Previous Post
Easy Deviled Eggs
Next Post
Lemon Curd Cupcakes

Reader Interactions

Leave a Review Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Made this? Rate this recipe:




  1. Tammy says

    Posted on 2/7 at 8:24 pm

    I was a bit skeptical about whether it would be a bit too soggy for my taste, but I couldn’t resist trying it – I mean, with a name like Creme Brulee, who could?? So I put it together this morning before heading out for jury duty and we had it for dinner tonight. MMMmmm!!! We loved it. It was pure heaven. It wasn’t too soggy and my husband loved the little custardy bits from in between the toast. I opened up your site to see if you had commented about serving them upside down so my husband saw the picture and wished he had some blueberry compote too. (We just had it plain, but it was still super yummy.) I won’t be making it again for a while seeing as it’s not exactly low fat and I have no will-power, but I will definitely be making it again some day! 🙂 Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Emmy says

    Posted on 1/4 at 4:00 pm

    This looks delicious. I love oven baked french toast. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. FoodontheTable says

    Posted on 1/4 at 10:18 am

    This looks delicious! There is a restaurant in Austin that does this for brunch and I never quite figured out how. I’ll have to try this at home now!

    Reply
  4. Zupan's Markets says

    Posted on 1/4 at 10:42 am

    This looks so good! Doesn’t look very difficult either, which is a great bonus. thanks!

    Reply
  5. Angela Merz says

    Posted on 1/4 at 7:19 am

    Leigh Anne,
    I am beyond excited to try this recipe. I, too, LOVE creme brulee & french toast so this recipe sounds amazing. Have company coming so I’ll be making it soon! Thank you!

    Reply

Primary Sidebar

Seasonal Posts

overhead shot of lemon sheet cake

Lemon Texas Sheet Cake

bowl of instant pot mashed potatoes

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

lemon yogurt cake with drizzle

Lemon Yogurt Cake

cheesy potatoes in a casserole dish

Cheesy Potatoes

Most Popular Posts

texas sheet cake for two in a baking pan

Chocolate Sheet Cake for Two {Texas Sheet Cake}

Crock Pot 5 ingredient Pork Roast sliced

Crock Pot Pork Roast

Lemon Oatmeal Cookies

Lemon Oatmeal Cookies

baked riblets

Easy Oven Baked Riblets

Opens in a new window Opens an external site Opens an external site in a new window

Trending Now

overhead shot of cinnamon rolls

One Hour Cinnamon Rolls

plate of smashed potatoes and a fork

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

overhead shot of bowl of almond chicken

Almond Chicken

baked riblets

Easy Oven Baked Riblets

No knead bread in a pan

Instant Pot Bread

Tomato tart pieces

Easy Tomato Tart

spoon full of mac and cheese

Crock Pot Mac and Cheese

Almond Torte

  • Crock Pot
  • Instant Pot
  • Chicken
  • Breakfast
  • Appetizers
  • Bread
  • Salad
  • Dessert

Order my Cookbook, Holiday Slow Cooker!

Buy Now!
Back to Top
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Contact
© 2013–2023 Leigh Anne Wilkes Site Credits Designed by Melissa Rose Design Developed by Once Coupled