Ultimate Baked French Toast Recipe
This Ultimate French Toast Bake recipe is the perfect thing to wake up to on Christmas morning or for a weekend brunch!
Ingredients
- 16 ounce French bread loaf approx. 1 pound (gluten-free works)
- 10 large eggs
- 1½ cups unsweetened almond milk sub milk of your choice
- ⅓ cup real maple syrup
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 8 ounces cream cheese cut into 1 inch cubes, (sub dairy free cream cheese)
- 1 pint blackberries sub raspberries
- ¼ cup butter melted (sub ghee or vegan butter)
Instructions
- Prep: Spray 9x13 baking dish with olive oil or nonstick cooking spray of choice.
- Bread: Tear up 16 ounce French bread loaf into large chunks, placing them in the prepared pan and spreading them out evenly, they should fill up the entire casserole dish.
- Egg Mixture: In a large bowl, whisk together 10 large eggs and then add 1½ cups unsweetened almond milk, ⅓ cup real maple syrup and 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract. Pour mixture evenly over bread chunks.
- Cover + Fridge: Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and place in the refrigerator; let sit overnight.*
- Prep to Bake: When ready, preheat oven to 375℉. Remove the cover on the casserole and evenly distribute cream cheese chunks and 1 pint blackberries on top of the casserole. Pour melted butter evenly over the top.
- Bake: Move the entire pan to the preheated oven to bake for 30 minutes (middle rack and uncovered), or until golden brown.
- Serve: Enjoy with a drizzle of warm maple syrup (feel free to add a little powdered sugar on top, if you want).
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Notes
- *Overnight: You can still make this without letting it sit overnight, but the longer you let it sit (up to 12 hours), the better it will turn out. That being said, I have made this multiple times with only letting it sit 5 minutes and it still turned out!
- Types of Bread: feel free to swap out french bread for brioche, challah, etc. This is such a flexible recipe!
- Dairy-Free: use a plant butter and either use dairy-free cream cheese or just omit.
- Gluten-Free: use a gluten-free french bread loaf.
- Storage: store any leftovers (if you have any!) in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Nutrition info does not include maple syrup for serving
Nutrition
Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 157mg | Sodium: 420mg | Potassium: 227mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 505IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 2mg
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