Paula Dean's baked french toast is a bit of heaven

I am always looking for great recipes that are EASY.  I like to eat, but if the recipe is too hard I'll never make it twice, I don't care how good it tastes.  

So when my girlfriend brought this dish to a party last winter I was begging for the recipe.  I thought it might be a family recipe, but it turned out to be from Paula Dean.  The french toast was moist, a bit sinful and the kids could not get enough of it.  I made it for Christmas morning since we had family coming over.  Most of the dirty work is done the night before.  I even measured the toppings the night before, so that I wouldn't have to pull out a single measuring cup in the morning.  The next morning all I had to do was pop it in the oven and my work was done.  The dish was a hit and I think it will become an annual tradition.