Apple Cranberry French Toast Bake

Ingredients:
Loaf of french bread
1/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup brown sugar divided
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
4 T. butter divided
7 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup dried crannberries
3 tart apples like granny smith
1/4 cup flour

Directions:
Step 1:  In small bowl put cranberries and orange juice together so the cranberries can get soft.
Step 2: Prepare 9 X 13 in. pan with cooking spray or grease with butter.
Step 3: Slice bread into 1 1/2 in. slices and fit slices to the pan. Peel, core and slice apples thin
Step 4: In large skillet cook apples in 2 T. butter and  1/2 cup brown sugar, spices until tender (not mushy soft) translucent, set aside to cool.
Step 5: In large bowl whisk eggs and add milk and cream. Then pour half of egg mixture over the bread.
Step 6: Mix cranberries with the apples and pour all over the top of bread.
Step 7: Cut 3 to 4 pieces of French bread into cubes or just tear them and sprinkle over the top of apple mixture.
Step 8: Pour the remainder of egg mixture over the top, cover with foil and refrigerate over night. In the morning bake with foil on at 350 degrees for 45 min.
Step 9: While it’s baking make a streusel topping by combining 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour and 2 T. of butter
when baked 45 min. take off foil and add the topping spreading out evenly and bake 10 more min. with foil off.Cool 5 to 10 min. cut into squares and serve with or without maple syrup.
Serves: 12