Baked Stuffed French Toast Casserole (Overnight)

This Baked Stuffed French Toast Casserole is a delicious weekend brunch. It's an overnight recipe, so you can prepare this French toast the night before. Stuff it with a cream cheese and jam mixture by making sandwiches, and soak it overnight in egg and milk. 

Baked French Toast Casserole is a popular brunch recipe

Big brunches always mean a good start to the weekends! There are hundreds of brunch recipes on The Worktop. I can't really play favorites.

However, this Baked Stuffed French Toast has a special place in my heart. That's because it is so tasty!

It's also a popular brunch recipe for several reasons.

• First, it's easy to make.
• Second, it looks spectacular when served.
• Third, the taste is amazing!

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This is an easy French toast casserole recipe

This is quite a simple recipe with only a handful of ingredients. You can get everything at the local supermarket. You might even have most of the ingredients in your kitchen already.

Ingredients

• Brioche bread
• Cream cheese
• Jam
• Eggs
• Milk
• Vanilla extract
• Salt

Bake it in the oven, no stovetop needed

I love a good French toast the classic way. But it's hard to beat the taste of a baked French toast.

The inside is alway perfectly puffy. The outside usually has the perfect thin toasted crunch.

Plus, baked French toasts are easier. There's no standing in front of the stove cooking each one individually.

Prepare it the night before

In case you were wondering. Yes, you can make French toast the night before!

For this recipe, you prepare everything the night before. In the morning, you'll only have to pop it into the oven.

How do you make baked stuffed French Toast?

Baked Stuffed French Toast is easy peasy. I share the full recipe below.

However here are my helpful tips.

To make a stuffed French toast casserole, you first make "sandwiches"

The first step is to mix cream cheese and jam together.

Next, you use that spread and make sandwiches. These sandwiches are the base of your cream cheese stuffed French toast.

For this recipe, I use cream cheese mixed with raspberry jam. Personally, I think the light pink color you get with raspberry jam is beautiful. And I like the tartness of raspberries and cream cheese together.

However, it's also delicious to make overnight stuffed French toasts with strawberry jam or blueberry jam.

Second, you soak the stuffed french toasts overnight

Now that you have the cream cheese stuffed French toast sandwiches, you are ready for the next step. The sandwiches need to be soaked in an egg and milk mixture overnight.

Lay out the cream cheese stuffed French toasts across the bottom of a casserole pan. Then, slowly pour the egg mixture over.

Wait one minute, then flip the sandwiches over.

I add just a touch of vanilla in the egg mixture, and leave out any sugar. If you have a sweet tooth, once the stuffed French toast casserole is out of the oven, top it with generous amounts of maple syrup and whipped cream.

Third, you bake the stuffed French toast casserole in the oven

In the morning, take the stuffed French toast casserole out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before you plan to pop it in the oven.

This picture is taken just after the casserole dish has been taken out of the refrigerator.

Love this casserole dish? It is my most handy dish for big breakfasts because it's large enough to hold six slices of bread across easily.

Finally, simply bake it at 350°F / 175°C for about 55 minutes. I like to bake the casserole until the top gets a little bit crispy.

By doing so, it gives the stuffed french toast a great texture.

This photo below shows the Baked Stuffed French Toast Casserole as soon as it's been taken out of the oven. See the perfectly toasted tops I'm talking about?

What is the best bread for French Toast Casserole?

There are a lot of different types of bread you can use for French toast casseroles.

For this Baked Stuffed French Toast, I use brioche bread.

Brioche bread is the type of bread I typically use for sweet french toast casseroles because the flavor and texture of it compliments the dish.

Challah also works great for stuffed French toast casseroles. But it's sometimes harder to get a good loaf. You can't go wrong with either brioche or challah.

But if I am making a savory french toast casserole, I like to use sourdough bread. See the sourdough in this Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole.

This Baked Stuffed French Toast is a great brunch recipe for the holidays

If you have family or friends visiting for the holidays, this Baked Stuffed French Toast makes a special morning brunch.

For family that are staying several days, are a few other big brunch casserole recipes:

• Sausage and Egg Breakfast Casserole
• Pumpkin Breakfast Casserole
• Crescent Roll Breakfast Roll
• Overnight Bacon Breakfast Casserole

Looking for more breakfast ideas? Here are all the breakfast casseroles on The Worktop.

Baked Stuffed French Toast

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Serves: 6 big slices

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 55 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

This Baked Stuffed French Toast is a perfect breakfast recipe. Fill brioche with cream cheese and jam, let it soak overnight, and simply place the casserole in the oven the next morning.

Ingredients

• 12 slices brioche bread
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 4 tablespoons raspberry jam (strawberry jam and blueberry jam also work well)
• 7 large eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon quality vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt

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Instructions

• The night before, grease a large casserole dish. Check that you can lay out 6 slices of bread evenly across the bottom of your casserole dish. If they do not fit, trim the bread as needed so you can fit the stuffed french toast sandwiches evenly. I use this 13-inch x 10-inch casserole dish.
• In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese and raspberry jam.
• Spread on a thick layer of the cream cheese mixture on a slice of bread and close it with a second slice to make a sandwich. Place it in the casserole dish. Repeat with the remaining slices. You will want to divide up all of the cream cheese mixture evenly.
• Whisk the eggs together. Whisk in the milk, vanilla and salt.
• Gently pour the mixture over the French toast sandwiches. Allow it to soak for 1 minute. Then carefully using the help of a spatula, flip each sandwich over. Don't let it soak too long because if the bottom bread becomes too soggy, it's hard to flip.
• Cover and set in the refrigerator to soak overnight.
• In the morning, take the french toast casserole out of the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat the the oven to 350°F / 175°C.
• Remove the cover. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 55 minutes. The Baked Stuffed French Toast Casserole is done when there's no more liquid left and the egg is set.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving. 
• Serve warm, topped with maple syrup, whipped cream and more jam. 
  

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Toasts and Sandwiches

Cuisine: American

Special Diet: Vegetarian

Author: The Worktop

Cal : 548kcal

Note: Nutrition information is a rough estimate.

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