Baked Butter Pecan French Toast

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes® Butter
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 (1-pound) loaf French bread, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
• 2 cups (8 ounces) finely chopped ham
• 6 Land O Lakes Eggs, beaten
• 1 2/3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice*
• Maple syrup, if desired

1. Combine brown sugar, butter and honey in 1-quart saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, 2-3 minutes or until sugar melts.
3. Pour into ungreased 13x9-inch baking dish.
4. Sprinkle with pecans.
5. Top with half of bread slices; sprinkle with ham.
6. Combine eggs, milk and vanilla in bowl; beat until well mixed.
7. Dip remaining bread slices in egg mixture on one side only.
8. Place over ham, dipped-side down.
9. Pour remaining egg mixture over bread slices.
10. Combine sugar and pumpkin pie spice in bowl; sprinkle over top.
11. Cover; refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
12. Heat oven to 350F.
13. Bake, uncovered, 50-55 minutes or until golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean.
14. Let cool 10 minutes.
15. Cut into 8 servings; invert each onto serving plates.
16. Serve with maple syrup, if desired.
17. *Substitute 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves.

brown sugar, o lakesreg butter, honey, pecans, bread, ham, o lakes eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, maple syrup

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1073/baked-butter-pecan-french-toast (may not work)