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Prepare this special brunch dish in advance, allowing the bread to soak up all of the sweet milk and then bake. Serve piled high with seasonal fruits and lashings of maple syrup.

OVERNIGHT FRENCH TOAST TRAY

60g butter, plus extra for greasing
100g soft light brown sugar
4 tbsp maple syrup
225ml milk
4 large eggs
1 tbsp vanilla bean paste (or use vanilla extract)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
8 slices of bread, halved diagonally
40g demerara sugar

TO SERVE

strawberries or other berries
maple syrup
mint leaves
icing sugar

Grease a 23cm x 33cm baking tin with

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