Berry Stuffed Baked French Toast
Wake up to this yummy Berry Stuffed Baked French Toast ... it's the perfect morning treat!
Servings: 4 or more servings
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, at room temperature
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 pound strawberries
- 1 pint blueberries
- 8 slices white bread
- 1 cup milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until well combined.
- Chop half of the strawberries. Reserve the remaining berries.
- Add half of the blueberries (reserve the rest) and all of the chopped strawberries to the cream cheese. Mix well.
- Take one slice of bread and cut it in half.
- Spread ⅛ of the cream cheese mixture over one bread half.
- Cover with the other half, making a sandwich.
- Spray an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray and place the sandwich in the pan.
- Repeat with the remaining bread slices.
- Whisk milk, eggs, vanilla, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Carefully pour milk mixture over bread, covering as much of the bread as possible.
- Cover pan tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove cover from bread and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until top is golden brown.
- While french toast is baking, hull and slice remaining strawberries.
- Add strawberries to a bowl, along with the remaining blueberries and 2 tsp. sugar.
- Stir until sugar coats berries. Set aside and stir occasionally, allowing sugar to dissolve.
- Serve French toast topped with berries and maple syrup, if desired. Enjoy!
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