Baked French Toast

Baked French Toast
Ingredients
· 1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
· 8 eggs
· 2 cups milk
· 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
· 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
· 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
· 3/4 cup butter
· 1 1/3 cups brown sugar
· 3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Directions
1. Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange the slices of bread in the bottom. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour over bread slices, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
2. The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup; heat until bubbling. Pour over bread and egg mixture.
3. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes.