Baked French Toast Filled with Fruit

Hello all! I hope you've been having a good life. Vacation was spectacular. So relaxing, the biggest decisions were whether to go to the pool or beach & which wonderful waterfront establishment to have dinner at.

I did make breakfast a couple of times for everyone, including this beautiful & delicious French Toast. So unique because it's filled with fruit & cream cheese, you will love it!!!!! We all did. Perfect for breakfast for 8 people at least.

1 loaf French bread
8 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
1 ½ cups blueberries & raspberries
10 eggs
1 ½ cups half & half
1/3 cup maple syrup
½ cup melted butter

Cinnamon

Cut the bread into cubes. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray, Place half the bread cubes in the dish. Cut the cream cheese into small pieces & scatter across the bread. Sprinkle the fruit over the cream cheese.

{shown - 1 layer of bread cubes with cream cheese & fruit}

Cover the fruit with the remaining bread cubes. Combine the eggs, half & half, syrup & melted butter in a bowl & mix well. Pour over the bread cubes.

{shown - top layer of bread cubes, before pouring egg mixture over}

{beautifully done, golden brown on top}

Chill, covered for 8-10 hours. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Preheat oven to 350 & bake uncovered for 40-50 minutes. Serve with extra syrup.

{My Thoughts}

The original recipe calls for just 1 cup of fruit either or. I like both berries so I used both & increased by ½ cup. It turned out so well I wouldn’t change a thing. Also, don't be alarmed that the egg mixture doesn't come up to the top. This is what causes the top bread layer to bake perfectly with just a tiny crunch like regular french toast. There is no soggy here. However, I do recommend pushing the top bread cubes down with a fork just once so they get moist.

You’ll also want to serve this with extra syrup just like regular French toast.

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