Ingredients:
- 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup (2 standard sticks) butter
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 dozen eggs
- 2 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 (about 1 pound) loaf French bread, cut into 1⁄2-inch-thick slices
Procedure:
- In Dutch oven over 32 coals, combine sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Stir until sugar and butter are dissolved and thicken into caramel.
- Remove oven from coals.
- Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl and whisk thoroughly.
- Dip each piece of bread in egg mixture, covering completely, and layer on top of hot caramel, creating a base.
- Place a second layer of dipped bread on top of the first layer, using up the bread pieces.
- Pour any remaining egg mixture over bread slices.
- Bake for about 45 minutes, using 21 coals on the lid and 11 briquettes under the oven, until top of bread is lightly browned. Refresh coals as required.In Dutch oven over 32 coals, combine sugar, butter, and corn syrup. Stir until sugar and butter are dissolved and thicken into caramel. 2. Remove oven from coals. 3. Combine eggs, milk, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl and whisk thoroughly. 4. Dip each piece of bread in egg mixture, covering completely, and layer on top of hot caramel, creating a base. 5. Place a second layer of dipped bread on top of the first layer, using up the bread pieces. 6. Pour any remaining egg mixture over bread slices. 7. Bake for about 45 minutes, using 21 coals on the lid and 11 briquettes under the oven, until top of bread is lightly browned. Refresh coals as required.