the oven at 300 degrees for 8 -10 minutes a side or until they are fairly crisp. you don’t want to brown them, but get out as much moisture as possible. keep a close eye on them as you don’t want toast just yet. you just want dry bread.
meanwhile, combine your eggs, half and half, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon juice, and salt in a large baking dish. stir it up well.
this is not stirred up.
once your bread is dried (and cooled!) set the bread slices in the custard mixture and let them absorb as much of it as possible. it should be okay to leave them in the mixture for 15 