Recipe: Baked Cinnamon Apple French Toast recipe - Marla Meridith

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 3 cups chopped apples (1/2 inch pieces)
• 2 tbsp light brown sugar
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon, divided
• 1 lb brioche or sourdough bread, cut into cubes
• 8 oz (1 package) full fat cream cheese, cut into cubes
• 12 large eggs, beaten
• 1 ½ cups half and half
• ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• ½ tsp Kosher salt
• ½ cup chopped pecans