Cinnamon French Toast Bake:
Melt 1/4 cup butter and place in 9x13 baking dish
Cut up 2 cans of refrigerated cinnamon rolls (I used walmart brand reduced fat) and place small pieces of cinnamon roll into butter in pan. Each cinnamon roll should be cut up into 6-8 pieces.
Mix together:
6 eggs
1/2 cup heavy cream or milk (I used whole milk)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
Pour egg mixture over cinnamon roll pieces.
Sprinkle 1 cup chopped pecans over top. You can adjust this amount if desired. I did a 1/2 of cup. I wish I would have done a little more for myself. But, my family doesn't like pecans as much as I do.
Drizzle 1 cup maple syrup over the entire dish. This could be adjusted to taste as well.
Bake 20-28 minutes at 375 degrees. I pulled mine out when the top was golden at about 24 minutes. I wish I had left it in a tad longer to let the center cook a little bit more.
Allow this to cool for 15 minutes. Cut open icing packages from cinnamon roll package and put into a microwave container. Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds to a minute....just until it is thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle icing over top and sprinkle with powdered sugar. If desired, spoon syrup over individual servings or on the side.
