Name: Baked Pecan Blueberry French Toast with Blueberry Maple Syrup
Yield: 6
Ingredients: French Toast; 1 loaf of rustic bread, crusts removed, and cut into 1-inch slices; 8 eggs; 2 cups milk; 3/4 cup brown sugar, divided; 1 tsp vanilla to taste; 1 cup chopped pecans, lightly toasted; 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen, rinsed and thawed if frozen; Blueberry Maple Syrup; 1-1/2 cups high quality Grade-A maple syrup; 1 to 2 cups frozen blueberries, rinsed; Powdered sugar, optional