Pumpkin French Toast Casserole

Fall is callin'

What?? 

You don't hear it?

It's calling pumpkin, Pumpkin, PUMPKIN...

We want more...we want more...

So today let's make up some Pumpkin French Toast Casserole.

Ingredients:

• Loaf of bread~I'm using some day old french bread. Use a bread of your choice.
• Dozen eggs
• 1 cup o' milk
• 8 oz. block Cream Cheese
• 1 cup of raisins..or more
• 1 1/2 cup of pumpkin~~I used 1/2 a can of Libby's
• teaspoon of Vanilla
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 
• 2 cups of Brown Sugar
• nuts~I used Fisher crusshed nuts for ice cream topping 
• Maple syrup

Once you've gathered your ingredients place your cream cheese in the freezer.

This will make it much easier to cut into cubes.

1. Cut bread into cubes. Place into casserole dish.

2. Cut your block of cream cheese into cubes. Place on top of cubed bread.

3. Sprinkle raisin over bread and cream cheese.
4. Mix pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
    Mixture will be dark and thick.
5. Lightly beat eggs and milk together.
6. Pour egg mixture over bread. 
    Pour slowly so that the bread will soak it up rather than 
    turning soggy on you.

7. Cover and place in the refrigerator until morning 
     or at least 2 hours.
8. When you are ready to bake your casserole 
     Heat oven at 350 degrees.
9. Bake for 30 minutes covered with foil.
10. Sprinkle nuts and drizzle maple syrup over the top
11. Bake for 30 minutes uncover.

Your casserole should be soft drizzly
                                                                               but..
                                                               if you need more add a few more raisins
                                                                               and
                                                                  drizzle more maple syrup.