• Warm oven to 300 degrees.
• Cut slices of bread in half.
• Place on a baking sheet and place in a warmed oven.
• Bake bread until almost dry throughout. The center should remain slightly moist.
• Flip bread halfway, total time will vary but should be about 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool.

For the crumb mixture

• Use one slice of bread torn into pieces and place in a food processor bowl and add 1 tablespoon brown sugar and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Pulse until finely ground. Place in a bowl that the bread slices will fit into.
• Whisk milk, egg, sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl until well blended. Transfer mixture to a 13x9 pan.
• Soak bread in milk mixture until saturated but not falling apart, about 20 seconds, per side.
• While bread is soaking, melt butter in a medium skillet.
• Once bread has soaked, place one side of the soaked bread into the crumb mixture and gently press down to allow the side touching the crumbs to get evenly coated.
• Place crunchy side down into melted butter and allow it to get golden brown. About 3-4 minutes, use spatula to gently lift and make sure it does not burn.
• Flip over and allow the other side to get golden brown.
• Transfer to baking sheet and place in oven to keep warm until all the slices are toasted.
• More butter will need to be re added to the skillet for the other slices to get golden brown.