Gluten-Free French Toast Casserole with Butter-Pecan Maple Syrup

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup

butter (or vegan butter)

3/4 cup

Fisher Naturals Pecan Halves, roughly chopped

1 1/2 cups

pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup)

18 oz

loaf gluten-free bread (I used Canyon Bakehouse Mountain White)

large eggs

2 cups

milk, any kind (I used unsweetened almond milk)

1/2 cup

Butter-Pecan Maple Syrup (see recipe above)

1 tbsp

vanilla

1 1/2 tsp

cinnamon

fresh berries for topping, optional