Maple Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole Recipe

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"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!"

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photo by Jonathan Melendez

Ready In:: 8hrs 50mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 6-8

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ingredients

10 cups bread cubes (cut into about 1-inch cubes, use stale bread but not hard for this)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3 -4 tablespoons sugar (optional or to taste)
8 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 ¹⁄₂ cups full-fat milk
²⁄₃ cup half-and-half cream (or use all half and half cream)
¹⁄₂ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla
powdered sugar

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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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anncotrell
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?

Lauri H.

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What is the best type of bread to use?

kev.jen
What is the best type of bread to use? And easiest way to make it stale?????

Sarah J.
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?

HoundMama

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Reviews

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.

Amy M.
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!

Marylizabeth
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.

Ms Cornbread
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.

Sidney R.
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.

Ty F.

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Tweaks

Also I use Hawaiian Sweet bread. I just tear it up and dry out in oven at 200°.

Ty F.
I use frech vanilla creamer in place of half and half and eliminate the vanilla extract.

Ty F.
I used maple butter in place of the syrup. It's kinda spend but so worth it!

Staci V.