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Maple Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
"Plan ahead this needs to be refrigerated for a minimum of 8 hours or overnight. I tossed the bread cubes with a couple teaspoons of cinnamon before placing in the baking dish, but that is optional, if you prefer a less sweeter taste just omit the white sugar completely --- this is *very* good!"
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2365.9 ml bread cubes (cut into about 1-inch cubes, use stale bread but not hard for this)
- 226.79 g package cream cheese
- 44.37-59.16 ml sugar (optional or to taste)
- 8 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 354.88 ml full-fat milk
- 157.80 ml half-and-half cream (or use all half and half cream)
- 118.29 ml maple syrup
- 9.85 ml vanilla
- powdered sugar
directions
- Place the bread cubes in a buttered 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
- In a bowl beat the softened cream cheese with sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth and well combined.
- Add in eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Add in milk, half and half cream, maple syrup and vanilla; beat until well combined.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture over the bread cubes in the baking dish, using a fork or spoon gently lift the cubes so that they coat evenly with the egg mixture.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8-24 hours.
- Next morning set oven to 375°F.
- Remove the dish from the fridge and let sit out at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Bake uncovered for about 45-50 minutes or until set and a golden brown colour.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with maple more maple syrup.
- Delicious!
Questions & Replies
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Will this recipe half well in an 8" square pan? There are only 2 of us. And will one large loaf of French bread be enough?
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What is the best type of bread to use? -
What is the best type of bread to use? And easiest way to make it stale????? -
My husband cannot eat eggs. This a very recent thing so we are still on a learning curve. Before they started making him sick, this was one of his favorite holiday breakfasts. Can you use egg substitutes instead of regular eggs with this?
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Reviews
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It was delicious..... only slight change I made was last minute. Right before putting in the oven I melted 2 tablespoons of butter with a smidge of cinnamon and nutmeg an drizzled over the entire dish. My friends raved about this. Excellent recipe and super easy to follow.
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This is a great recipe. I have made it a couple of times. I add lots of cinnamon and nutmeg, chopped walnuts, fresh apple chunks, and golden raisins. Light cream cheese and 2% milk works just fine. One of the reviews suggested adding the bread pieces to the egg/milk mixture and letting it soak a bit before moving it to the 9X13 pan. Worked GREAT!
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This turned out better than I expected, but did make some changes from the original recipe. Instead of plain bread, I used cinnamon raison swirl bread. It gave it the punch of flavor that I think it needed. I also added a touch of nutmeg. It was great! I served it with real maple syrup. I would do this recipe again.
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I’ve been making Stuffed French Toast for years. Mine has a few less pieces of bread and two packages of cream cheese. There’s no way one would be enough.
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Awesome. Make this for holiday family breakfasts. I use French vanilla creamer only. And half the vanilla extract. Oh and awesome with Hawaiian sweet bread instead of bread cubes.
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Tweaks
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Also I use Hawaiian Sweet bread. I just tear it up and dry out in oven at 200°.
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I use frech vanilla creamer in place of half and half and eliminate the vanilla extract.
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I used maple butter in place of the syrup. It's kinda spend but so worth it!
