How To Make Baked Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
The ultimate breakfast meal is here! This French toast casserole is a decadently sweet and tangy treat, topped with cinnamon streusel, for a tasty dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1french bread loaf,or sourdough bread, or challah
- 8ozcream cheese,brick style, softened to room temperature
- 2tbspconfectioners’ sugar
- 3tsppure vanilla extract,divided
- 8large eggs
- 2¼cupswhole milk
- ¾tspground cinnamon
- ⅔cuplight brown sugar,packed
For Streusel Topping:
- ⅓cuplight brown sugar,packed
- ⅓cupall-purpose flour,spoon and leveled
- ½tspground cinnamon
- 6tspunsalted butter,cold and cubed
For Optional Toppings:
- fresh fruit
- maple syrup
- confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
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Grease a 9×13-inch pan with butter or spray with nonstick spray.
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Slice, then cut the bread into cubes about 1-inch in size. Spread half of the cubes into the prepared baking pan.
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Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the room temperature cream cheese on medium-high speed until completely smooth. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar and ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract until combined.
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Drop random spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture on top of the bread. Layer the remaining bread cubes on top of cream cheese. Set aside.
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Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon, brown sugar, and remaining vanilla together until no brown sugar lumps remain. Pour over the bread.
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Cover the pan tightly with plastic wrap and stick in the refrigerator for 3 hours to overnight. Overnight is best.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Remove the pan from the refrigerator.
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Whisk the brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl. Cut in the cold cubed butter with a pastry blender or two forks. Sprinkle the topping over the soaked bread.
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Bake uncovered for 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown on top.
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Serve immediately, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Cover leftovers tightly and store them in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 299.30kcal
- Fat: 13.69g
- Saturated Fat: 6.89g
- Trans Fat: 0.09g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.81g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.30g
- Carbohydrates: 34.08g
- Fiber: 0.79g
- Sugar: 19.06g
- Protein: 9.84g
- Cholesterol: 154.45mg
- Sodium: 290.39mg
- Calcium: 115.86mg
- Potassium: 184.86mg
- Iron: 1.92mg
- Vitamin A: 159.77µg
- Vitamin C: 0.01mg
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