Apple French Toast

1/2 of a 16 oz French bread loaf

5 large eggs

 1/2 cups milk

1 teas vanilla

1 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

2 Tables light corn syrup

3 granny smith apples, peeled and diced

1 teas ground cinnamon

Cut bread into 3/4 inch thick slices and place in a single layer in a lightly greased 13×9 pyrex dish

Whisk together the eggs, milk and vanilla

Pour over bread and cover and chill 8 hours (overnight)

Remove bread from dish and wipe dish clean. Coat with cooking spray. Cook brown sugar, butter and syrup in a suacepan over low heat, stirring often, until mixture is smooth. Pour into baking dish. Top with the applies and sprinkle cinnamon over apples before  arranging  bread over apples.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 min. Loosen with knife and invert onto platter.

Sometimes I also add blueberries to the apple mixture