Welcome to another beautiful Baked Sunday Morning!
I’ve been feeling bad that I have missed a couple of weekends with this awesome group because I really enjoy meeting the new people who are just as fanatical about cooking from this wonderful cookbook as I am! It’s a great book – Baked Explorations – by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. Fortunately, for me, it was a pretty easy assignment and I welcomed this after a rather difficult week. And there really is nothing more comforting to me than a warm, chewy, sweet french toast. I kept pretty true to the original recipe, making just a few changes to accommodate my fridge and pantry. Here are a few more pictures with the changes that I made……..
Well first of all….I used pistachios instead of slivered almonds because I recently posted a recipe that called for pistachios and I had plenty leftover! Here’s what the french toast looked like naked…..just out of the oven.
I would have welcomed this with just a splash of traditional pure maple syrup right out of the bottle! But the recipe called for us to make a home made raspberry sauce. And this was the only other place where I made a change. I added blackberries as well and doubled the recipe using a cup each of raspberries and blackberries. It was delicious and simple and just look at how it transformed the look (and taste) of this basic french toast……
What an elegant treat for Christmas breakfast or New Year’s Day brunch! It’s too simple and pretty NOT to treat yourself right! Come on…..you want a piece now. You know you do!
And head on over to Baked Sunday Mornings for the recipe for this easy and elegant Baked French Toast and to see how my fellow ‘Explorers’ jazzed up this recipe as well!
Enjoy!
Anne… what a gorgeous way to wake up! Your French Toast looks positively heavenly. I love the lighting in your first image… it’s full of mood and delight. The pistachios add such a beautiful colour (not to mention delicious flavour and texture) and your homemade raspberry sauce… oh my… love how you draped it over the toast… such a beautiful effect Anne! I can only imagine how delicious these must taste. My morning yogurt seems rather boring in comparison :0) Have a beautiful Sunday Anne.
Kelly….thanks so much! I hope you had a GREAT day today! : )
You are right…I do want a piece right now. Beautiful presentation…looks perfect. I’m getting great ideas for Christmas morning breakfast…this would be so easy and seeing the beautiful nuts and fruits in your photos ensures that this will be on my menu as something special.
Kris…thanks so much! It certainly was wonderful to start an ordinary day this way! And glad that it was so easy too! : )
I love baked Sunday mornings. All of these sound wonderful, Anne! These sound like a great idea for holiday mornings!
Thanks Cassie! Certainly festive enough for the holidays….but easy enough to have any time! You should bake with this group Cassie…..it’s a great cookbook! : )
Oh.. no… don’t get me looking at another cookbook. I just bought two online five minutes ago. My husband is going to put me on Santa’s naughty list for sure! Okay… well, I may have to hold back buying this book.. but I love the dish. What a perfectly pretty breakfast!!
Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!! You started Sunday morning off right with this breakfast. : )
Come on Ramona…..what’s one more book??? : ) Actually, you can just follow the Baked Sunday Morning link to get any of these recipes now! It certainly was a great way to start the weekend! I hope you had a terrific weekend as well! : )
Beautiful berries! Love that you kept them whole. I totally agree…this makes such a festive holiday breakfast…or dinner! Wonderful photography!!!
Mike….thanks so much! I held out a bunch of berries to have on the side. Plus…I couldn’t stop munching on them as I was making the sauce! Whew…glad this was an easy recipe this week, no? : )
I love how you arranged your slices and it is just beautiful with the raspberries and blackberries. So colorful with the fruit and the pistachios!
Elaine….thank you! It was refreshing to use raspberries again after working with so much fall fruit! : )
Love how simple and gorgeous this is! Hope you have a nice relaxing Sunday!
Thanks Sarah! Glad I had such a good breakfast cuz the remainder of my Sunday consisted of baking and packing 4 dozen cookies for The Great Foodblogger Cookie Swap! Whew! But hope you had a GREAT weekend! : )
Yours looks so great! I love the blackberry raspberry combo sauce. Sounds yummy!
Rebecca….thanks so much! Had some blackberries that I wanted to use up so I thought I’d throw them in! : )
You bet I want a piece of it! I love french toast but had my first “baked” french toast a couple of weeks ago at my SIL’s. It was delicious! I’ve been wanting to explore it more. Yours looks delicious and once you added that berry syrup, it really made it an elegant brunch! Quite creative of you to use the pistachios. I’m sure they were a tasty change from the almonds.
Thanks MJ! Baked french toast is so much easier than standing over the griddle flipping them piece by piece! : )
Mmm, pistachios! What a great idea. Yours looks wonderful!
Thanks Jaime! As did yours! : )
Anne that is stunning! A baked breakfast is perfect for Christmas! Thanks for sharing (and your photos are beautiful – as always).
Ann…thanks so much! This definitely makes for an easy brunch or breakfast! : )
I certainly do want some right now! Whenever all the kids are home, or we’re all together somewhere else, French Toast is a must. I love making it for them, but standing at the griddle for what seems like forever can get tiring. You’ve given me the perfect alternative. Thank you kindly ‘mam.
You know what, Sandra? I am right with you on this! I don’t think I can stand at the griddle flipping one by one anymore! : )
The colors are simply oozing and blends perfectly with the bread.
Thanks Nava! The flavors were oozing too! ;- )
This french toast looks amazing….. I love french toast although I never make it as hubby has gluten issues. I need to have family stay over at my house so I can make this for breakfast as an excuse so I can eat it lol.
Aww….Susie…..sorry your hubs has gluten issues….but you should definitely make this some time for you and your kids! : )
I’ve never tried baking french toast! This looks like the perfect breakfast to me!
Thanks Stephanie! This is so easy. And if you like bread puddings, you will like baked french toast! : )
Your French toast is absolutely picture perfect! I love pistachios and I would have loved to have tasted yours, it looks so beautiful and delicious!
Thanks so much and yours was just as beautiful! I just had some leftover pistachios to use and it worked! : )
Anne, this is a beautiful dish! Wow. I just checked out the Baked Sunday Mornings website and this looks like fun! And it looks like an excuse for me to buy another cookbook!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Maggie! You should definitely buy it and start baking with us! It’s very laid back and the book has some awesome recipes! : )
This is really a great version of french toast. The berries and the nuts do make for a lovely presentation as well as taste. I have yet to eat breakfast, so this is inspiring me to have some french toast-delicious. Great post.
Thanks Tina! This was such an easy breakfast….we should really treat ourselves to things like this more often! : )
The addition of berries and raspberry sauce make this a dynamite breakfast!!! Perfect for a holiday gathering~
Thanks Liz…..was nice to have berries in the middle of pumpkin season! ;- }
That is a BEAUTIFUL French toast. Nice switch up with the pistachios! I think this would be a fantastic way to start the day
Carsley….I can’t compete with waking up in the Cayman’s ….but this was a close second! : )
It looks delicious – and your photos are amazing. I love the idea of just putting this in the oven and slipping back to bed for 20 minutes more sleep…
Thanks Ruth….and I like the way you think!!! : )
This is so beautiful Anne. I mean absolutely gorgeous. You should be really proud of this one.
Thanks Kim….and though it was ridiculously easy….I’m glad it turned out well! : )
It looks extremely delicious, Its easy to make and a fabulous presentation!!!!
Thanks Lola….so easy and really good! : )
This is a gorgeours dish to wake up to! The pistachios add a nice touch to the dish; I need to note this for a nice weekend treat!
Thanks Linda! So easy…..I wonder why I don’t wake up to it more often! I hope you try it! It would be a great weekend treat! : )
Wow, this looks like a piece of art work – what an amazing, beautiful, delicious sounding combination!
Thanks Chris! It’s amazing how much you can transform it from when you first pull it out of the oven! : )
As a child French toast was my favorite breakfast, but I never had anything quite this beautiful! I’m definitely going to have to give this a try!
Thanks Jill…and believe me…..this is not the french toast of my childhood memories either! ; -)
This baked French toast looks delicious!! It would be a welcome breakfast, lunch or dinner. Blessings, Catherine
Thank you so much, Catherine! And yes….I could eat this for any meal! : )
With or without the berries on top, it looks delicious. I kind of like the idea of pistachios myself – most under used not on the planet, IMO!
Thanks Jen….and I wholeheartedly agree with you about the pistachios! : )
awesome french toast.
Thanks so much! : )
That looks amazing. I love sweet breads and berries. You can’t go wrong. Lovely photos too…I could practically taste it!
Thanks Margaret! I love breads and bread puddings and this fits right in those categories! : )
This looks fantastic! I love the addition of blackberries! We will definitely make this again!
Susan…wasn’t this easy! Nice to have a break in the kitchen sometimes. I look forward to making it again, too! : )