Ingredients

6-1/4 (1 pound) loaves French bread
3 cups and 2 tablespoons chopped pecans
3 cups and 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
18-1/2 eggs
6-1/4 cups half-and-half cream
7-3/4 cups milk
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
6-1/4 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups and 1 tablespoon golden raisins

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut bread into 1 inch thick slices. Arrange bread slices and pecans on a baking sheet and drizzle with melted butter; toast lightly.

2 In a large bowl, beat together eggs, cream, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla. Put bread and pecans in a lightly greased 7x11 in casserole dish. Pour egg mixture over bread. Make sure that bread slices are saturated with liquid.

3 Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until golden. Serve warm.