Overnight Blueberry French Toast Bake
Baked Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Whether you are looking for a weekend breakfast or ideas for holiday brunch, this is your recipe. Blueberry French toast bake is simple easy and full of flavor. Make this recipe not only your Christmas morning breakfast, but your weekend breakfast dish.
This recipe goes well with your favorite meats, hashbrown casserole, scrambled eggs, and even pancakes and waffles.
What Ingredients Are Needed?
- Texas toast or thick toast slices
- milk
- eggs
- maple syrup
- cinnamon
- frozen blueberries
Can I Make French Toast Casserole the Night Before?
Yes. The blueberry French Toast can be made the night before and stored in the fridge overnight.This allows the egg mixture to absorb into the bread. If you cannot make overnight, make it a few hours before you need it.
What Bread is Best for Making French Toast Casserole?
We like to use Texas toast or a thick bread when making blueberry French toast. You can also use brioche bread. If you don’t have bread slices, you can use bread cubes, brioche bread cubes and even an Italian loaf of bread sliced or cubed works well. If the bread is a little stale, even better, it will absorb the egg mixture.
Can I Add Cream Cheese to Blueberry French Toast Bake?
You can. A few dollops of cream cheese on top, will give you that cream cheese pop.
Should I Use Fresh or Frozen Blueberries?
We suggest using frozen blueberries. They hold their shape better when baking. If you only have fresh blueberries (and it’s an overnight recipe), put the blueberries in the freezer and put them on in the morning.
Homemade Blueberry French Toast Tips:
- butter your baking dish to keep the bread from sticking (as bad)
- Add a little powdered sugar on top with maple syrup to eat
- substitute brown sugar for the maple syrup
- a homemade blueberry sauce is perfect on top
- add a little lemon zest on top
- whipped cream on top if you got it
- chop bread chunks or bread cubes instead, your preference
Overnight Blueberry French Toast Bake
Ingredients
- 6-8 slices Texas toast or Thick bread
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 6 eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cups milk
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- In a bowl add the eggs and beat until mixed.
- Add the milk, maple syrup, cinnamon and incorporate.
- Pour the egg mix over the bread.
- Cover with foil and place in the fridge overnight or at least for 8 hours. You want the bread to soak up the egg mix. If you making the day off, a couple hours is good, make sure the egg mix is absorbed into the bread before baking.
- When you want to bake, remove from the fridge and let sit 30 minutes before putting into the oven, longer if you are using a glass dish so it doesn’t break (it needs to be room temperature).
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Bake for 30 minutes covered, then remove foil and bake for another 20-30 minutes until golden in color.
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