Name: Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup Instant Pot Orange Cranberry Sauce (divided); 1 loaf Challah (cut into 1 cubes); 6 large Eggs (beaten); 1 cup Whole Milk; 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract; 2 Tablespoons White Sugar; 1 /4 teaspoon True Orange (or Orange rind); 1/8 teaspoon Kosher Salt; 2 Tablespoons Butter; 1/4 cup Light Brown Sugar; 2 Tablespoons Butter (frozen); 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar; Walnuts; Whole Pecans; Grapenuts Nuggets; Maple Syrup; 1 Stainless Steel Trivet; 1 Casserole Dish

Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast (Bread Pudding) makes a great holiday breakfast in the presure cooker, so make double cranberry sauce. Thanksgiving and Christmas morning have never been sweeter.

Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast

Good morning! It’s Christmas. I’m hungry (and of course I want presents too!) That is the sound heard around the World.

I’ve made this Orange Cranberry French Toast {Bread Pudding} in my Slow Cooker for years. I thought it was time that I use my Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker and make convert the recipe to Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast.

I usually make this the day after Thanksgiving, but for those who celebrate Christmas, this makes a great breakfast or brunch.

If you don’t have any leftover Instant Pot Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce, just prepare one-half of the recipe. FYI – this isn’t just for Thanksgiving and Christmas breakfast. I could eat this all year round.

Cast of Ingredients for Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French ToastFrench Toast

This Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast{Bread Pudding} doesn’t take much planning, really.

Grab a Challah from the store, or make a Brioche Type Loaf, yourself. You can even freeze the bread until you are ready to prepare this dish.

Crack the Eggs into a Bowl

Using a Small “Pot in Pot” Mixing Bowl, crack all the eggs.

Add the Seasonings

Add in the vanilla, True Orange (if using), sugar and salt and Whisk until frothy.

The fluffier, the better! I like a strong pop or Orange, so I use True Orange. You can use a little rind of a fresh orange if you prefer. Or, leave it out altogether.

Cut up the Bread into Bite Size Pieces

How to Make Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast

Place cut up Challah into a Medium/Large Mixing Bowl. Pour in the egg mixture and mix it through very well.
The egg will settle on the bottom, so continue mixing until there is no more egg on the bottom.
Place in refrigerator for 20 minutes, mixing any egg that has fallen to the bottom.
Give the Bread another mix after about 10 minutes.

Grate up Frozen Butter

Here is a trick I discovered long ago. I use this little trick when I make my Southern Style Old Fashion Buttermilk Biscuits too. Most people cut their very cold butter with a butter cutter.

That takes a while and the butter will start to warm up a bit and makes the Crumble harder to mix without making a greasy mess.

I keep my butter in the freezer and use a Microplane Artisan Course Grater to grate the butter into the bowl. Frozen butter grates really easily and makes it easy to mix it with the brown sugar!

Add Brown Sugar

Add some brown sugar. If you like nuts, add in some chopped walnuts or pecans. You an also add them on after cooking in case some people don’t want nuts.

Crumble the sugar with the butter and set aside in the refrigerator.

Melt Butter in the Casserole Dish

Melt a little butter in your casserole dish and coat bottom and sides completely. I love this French White Casserole Dish and use it for many recipes.

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Add One-Half Bread Mixture

Add a little more than half of the bread mixture to the prepared casserole dish.

Press the bread down into the dish to flatten a bit.

Spoon Orange Cranberry Sauce Over Bread

Spoon 1/2 cup of the Instant Pot Orange Cranberry Sauce mixture over wet bread mixture.

Add the rest of the Bread

Pack on the rest of the Bread.

I know it will seem like all the Bread won’t fit into this 1.5 Quart Casserole Dish, but, it will!

Sprinkle on the Crumble

Sprinkle the Crumble over the bread. If you want to add a bit of quick cooking oats or Grapenuts Cereal to the Crumble, that would be great too!

If you want to get really fancy, check out the Crumble on my Autumn’s Best Apple Crisp recipe. That would be delicious too!

Lower Casserole Dish into Pressure Cooker

Add some water and place a Trivet into your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker.

See my article on Making & Using a Foil Sling and place the Casserole Dish on top of the Trivet.

Piping Hot and Cooked to Perfection!

How good does this Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast look? While you and the kids are opening your Christmas presents, breakfast is cooking. It is cooking with no attention from you!

You can ever prepare Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast the night before and then put it in the Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker when you wake up in the morning.

Instant Pot Orange Cranberry French Toast

Heat up the rest of the Orange Cranberry Sauce and pour over each serving. Now, truth be told, Cranberries are not my favorite. I poured some nice and warm Maple Syrup over my piece and it was truly delicious!

My husband likes cranberries, so the above piece, was consumed by him.

Sprinkle over some Powdered Sugar and breakfast is served. Enjoy!

More Instant Pot Cranberry Recipes to Make.

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