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Pour the butter or oil into a 9×13 casserole dish and swirl it around to coat evenly. Sprinkle on the sugar. Arrange half of the bread in the baking dish, overlapping if necessary, and sprinkle on the almond paste. Arrange the remaining bread on top.
In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, almond extract, salt, and lemon zest and pour evenly over the bread slices. Sprinkle the almonds all over the top.
Cover and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350ºf.
Bake uncovered until browned on top and set throughout; begin checking for doneness at 35 minutes. If the top starts browning too much, tent it with foil.
Remove casserole from oven and take no prisoners while you cover it completely with sprinkles. Enjoy!!
