Overnight Apple French Toast

Ingredients :

•  1 cup · brown sugar
• ½ cup · butter or margarine
• 2 tbsp · corn syrup
• 2 large · tart apples -- peeled and sliced
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup · milk
• 1 tsp · vanilla extract
• 9 slice · day old French bread -- 3/4 inch
• For the syrup:
• 1 cup · applesauce
• 1 jar · apple jelly -- 10 ounces
• ½ tsp · cinnamon
• ¹ ⁄ ₈ tsp · cloves

• In a small saucepan, cook brown sugar, butter and syrup until thick, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan; arrange apples on top.
• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk and vanilla.
• 4 Dip bread slices into the egg mixture for 1 minute; place over apples.
• 5 Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 6 Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
• 7 Bake, uncovered at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 8 Combine syrup ingredients in a medium saucepan; cook and stir until hot.
• 9 Serve over French toast.
• 10 Source: <a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/"><cite class="book-title">Taste of Home</cite> Magazine</a>.