Stuffed French Toast

Another good Breakfast For Supper recipe.  We had this with bananas, and it was a complete meal.  Fruit salad would be good with it, too.  It had a bunch of steps, but not really hard ones.  Most of the stuffed french toast recipes I've seen have cream cheese filling, and I don't really like cream cheese like that, so I've avoided making them.  These are stuffed with ham and cheese though, and are sort of like a Monte Cristo type thing.  From Southern Living.

Stuffed French Toast
1 loaf (16 oz) french bread, sliced into 18 slices (I bought "wheat" french bread and it was only 13 oz and I only got 14 slices out of it)
1 lb thinly sliced deli ham, diced
9 slices swiss cheese
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter, divided
Powdered sugar and syrup for serving

Place 9 (or 7) bread slices in a single layer in a lightly greased 9x13 baking dish; top evenly with ham, cheese, and remaining bread slices.

Whisk together eggs, milk, orange juice, and vanilla; pour over bread slices.  Let stand 10 minutes, turning once.

Melt 2 tbsp butter in large skillet over medium-high heat; add half of the french toast and cook 1-2 minutes on each side.  Place on a lightly greased 10x15 jelly roll pan.  Repeat procedure with remaining butter and french toast.

Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes (mine only took 15 so be careful) or until golden.  Serve with powdered sugar and syrup.

So my youngest immediately pulled his apart, just ate the ham, and declared himself done.  I did convince him to eat one bite of the the french toast part, which after two chews he said he liked, but after a few more said "no, I don't."  The rest of us really really liked it.  It was a bit hard to flip the sandwiches over without the ham and cheese falling out, but I managed.  This would be really good with bacon, too, but you'd have to precook it.