Slow Cooker Nutella French Toast Casserole with Caramelized Bananas

As most of the U.S. has been dealing with seriously cold weather and snow, I thought it was time to share another French Toast recipe. Without fail, people always go out before a storm and stock up on bread, milk, and eggs so French Toast is the perfect meal on a snow day.

This recipe is based off my Slow Cooker Apple French Toast Casserole, but incorporates Nutella and tops it off with caramelized bananas for good measure. I love using my slow cooker for French Toast because it makes a bunch of servings to either share with a group or pack up and enjoy all week!

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf challah bread (about 1 pound), cut into cubes
• 6 large eggs
• 2 cups vanilla almond milk (or normal milk)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 heaping tablespoons Nutella, plus more for topping
• Pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4 bananas, sliced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Cube your bread and place it in the slow cooker.

Add the eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla extract, Nutella, and salt to a bowl and whisk to combine.

It won’t fully combine, and that’s a ok. Just whisk for a minute or two so that the Nutella looks evenly distributed and the eggs are whisked.

Pour over the challah bread in the slow cooker.

Mix so that all of the bread is saturated with the mixture.

Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.

When there are about 15 minutes left on the slow cooker, slice your bananas and add to a bowl.

Add the brown sugar and mix to combine.

Add the butter to a saute pan over medium high heat. Add the banana slices to the pan (you may have to work in batches) and cook for about 2 minutes on each side or until the bananas have browned slightly.

Scoop out the French Toast mixture and top with a scoop of the bananas. Add a dollop of Nutella if desired.

Was there any question that this would be fabulous?? (Sorry about the photo quality. I wanted to eat this STAT and just couldn’t wait. You’ll just have to trust me that it tastes better than my photos look.)

My boyfriend topped his off with some maple syrup but I thought it was good without it. I think the dollup of Nutella helped though

I love making French Toast this way because it soaks up all of the mixture making for a really flavorful breakfast. Luckily it makes a lot because this recipe is so good you may have a hard time sharing!

Print Slow Cooker Nutella French Toast Casserole with Caramelized Bananas
Author: I Can Cook That Recipe type: Breakfast, Slow Cooker
Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours 10 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients

• 1 loaf challah bread (about 1 pound), cut into cubes
• 6 large eggs
• 2 cups vanilla almond milk (or normal milk)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 heaping tablespoons Nutella, plus more for topping
• Pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4 bananas, sliced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions

1. Cube your bread and place it in the slow cooker.
2. Add the eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla extract, Nutella, and salt to a bowl and whisk to combine.
3. Pour over the challah bread in the slow cooker.
4. Mix so that all of the bread is saturated with the mixture.
5. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
6. When there are about 15 minutes left on the slow cooker, slice your bananas and add to a bowl.
7. Add the brown sugar and mix to combine.
8. Add the butter to a saute pan over medium high heat. Add the banana slices to the pan (you may have to work in batches) and cook for about 2 minutes on each side or until the bananas have browned slightly.
9. Scoop out the French Toast mixture and top with a scoop of the bananas. Add a dollop of Nutella if desired.

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