French Toast Casserole

I am probably never going to make regular french toast every again. All that dipping, flipping, and washing all the dishes. No, not anymore. Probably the only teeny-tiny setback is if you wanted to stuff your french toast, but that is a post for another day. The reason for trying this awesome recipe from smitten kitchen is that I volunteered to make breakfast for four before attending the 10 o-clock service to honor a family member last Sunday (this was at a Baptist church in Mississippi--talk about culture shock!). This summer has been an interesting summer. A strange time when I am, as my grandmother puts it, learning to relax. This means lots of reading, cooking, watching too much television, and hanging out with my goofy family. When you are doing these types of things, there is no good reason to wake up early. None whatsoever. Therefore the prospect of waking up and fixing breakfast for four on a Sunday morning in addition to showering and finding something appropriate for church was not something I wanted to attempt. The reason this recipe is so great is that you assemble it the night before and just throw it in the oven in the morning. Slice up a few berries and there you have it, a lovely breakfast for four. See the little rooster napkin rings? My mom has this funny obsession with roosters. So adorable. By the way, you don't have to use challah bread like she did, I used a mixture of some cinnamon swirl and lots of ends of loaves that no one likes to eat in our house. Yummy, yummy, and so easy!