About to paint the town red? Take this advice from a ski town chef and make this before you go out, you’ll thank us in the morning!

It was previously a secret recipe from a chef in the now sadly closed Bear Creek Bed and Breakfast Inn in Telluride, a delicious french toast casserole with a decadent fluffy maple butter sauce. Although the B&B is over, this amazing recipe needs to live on, spread the word!

Make the bread portion the night before, and whip up the fluffy maple sauce in the morning.

Telluride Night Before French Toast
Bear Creek Inn

Ingredients for the night before:
One loaf of French bread, cut into 1-inch slices
8 large eggs
3 cups milk
4 teaspoons sugar
1/3 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon vanilla

In the morning ingredients: Fluffy Maple Sauce
1-1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 egg yolk
1 egg white, stiffly beaten

Grease 9 x 13-inch baking pan with butter. Arrange bread slices in one layer in pan. Beat the eggs, milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Pour over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

To bake: Remove cover. Dot with butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 to 50 minutes or until bread is bubbly and lightly browned. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.

Fluffy Maple Sauce: Thoroughly cream together confectioner’s sugar, butter, maple syrup, and egg yolk. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Chill. Makes 2 cups of sauce.

May also be served with syrup, yogurt or sour cream, and fresh fruit.