Name: Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 4 cups cubed Italian bread; 2 ounces ⅓ less fat cream cheese (, cubed); ⅓ cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons maple syrup; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 3 large eggs; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup blueberries; 1 tablespoon coarse sugar crystals

A breakfast or brunch recipe made with day old bread baked in an egg custard with fresh blueberries and maple syrup as a sweetener.

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French toast fans will love this Blueberry French Toast Casserole recipe and it's the perfect brunch or breakfast recipe to serve on special occasions. Made with a crusty day old bread baked in a egg custard base sprinkled with fresh juicy blueberries.

This delicious easy french toast bake is the perfect recipe for Christmas morning, Easter, mother's day brunch, and summer time weekend breakfast gatherings.

❤️ Why you'll love it

✔️ It's not too sweet and is made perfect with just a drizzle of maple syrup.

✔️ It gets nice and crusty on the top of the casserole and is custardy on the inside.

✔️ This easy breakfast recipe is made in one dish that can be made the night before and baked the next morning.

Bread cubes for french toast casserole. — Day old bread that has a firm and crusty texture is best for this french toast casserole.

🥘 Ingredients

Stale bread, it can be french bread, challah bread, or italian bread all will work in this recipe.

Cream cheese, this is cut into cubes and scattered over top of the bread in the casserole dish

Heavy cream

Pure maple syrup

Ground cinnamon

Large eggs

Vanilla extract

Fresh blueberries

Coarse sugar crystals (optional)

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🔪 Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray casserole dish with cooking spray. Place ½ of bread cubes in bottom of prepared baking dishl. Add 1 cup blueberries to the casserole and evenly distribute the cream cheese cubes over top of the bread..
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, cream, syrup, vanilla, and cinnamon together until well blended. Pour ½ cup liquid over the bread cube mixture.
Spread the remaining bread cubes in the casserole dish and cover with remaining egg mixture.
Bake covered with aluminum foil in oven 30 minutes. Remove cover, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon coarse sugar crystals and bake another 10 minutes uncovered, until the top is golden brown. Serve with extra blueberries and pure maple syrup.

🥄 Equipment

13-inch baking dish

Medium bowl

Hand whisk

Rubber scraper

Wooden spoon

🥫Storage

Store leftovers in the fridge up to 4 days and in the freezer up to 3 months.

📖 Variations

Sprinkle the top of baked casserole with powdered sugar and lemon zest
Make this casserole in individual portions using 4 ramekins in place of the large casserole dish
Substitute brown sugar for the maple syrup

💭 Tips

If making this french toast casserole recipe the night before to bake the next day, remove it from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature (about 20 minutes) before baking.

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🍽 Serve with...

Serve this baked french toast recipe with pure maple syrup, your favorite fruits,

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