Easy Overnight Stuffed French Toast Recipe
This Overnight French Toast Recipe is a Keeper!
While I definitely enjoy savory breakfast items, I really love sweet breakfast dishes…especially when bread is involved. If you’re the same way, you need to try this overnight stuffed french toast recipe. It’s not too sweet, not soggy, and not too dry either! It’s a bit like a baked french toast casserole.
Now although I’d gladly eat this overnight french toast any day of the week, this is a really perfect recipe for a Christmas breakfast (or any holiday). It’s extremely convenient to be able to do nearly all of the prep the night before. Then in the morning, you can just throw it in the oven for about 25 minutes and whip up some fresh almond whipped cream topping. Yum!
French Toast Cream Cheese Filling
I really love this cream cheese filling! It is slightly sweet, but with a light, tangy flavor too. Plus, it is easy and simple to whip up.
You can try changing it up a bit by adding fruit or chocolate chips if desired. Keep the filling thick though or your French toast sandwiches will be sliding all over the place.
Spreading on the Cream Cheese Filling
You can keep your French bread slices whole or cut them in half if you want to fit a bit more into one pan. Either way works. Just be sure to slather that cream cheese filling on there in a nice, thick layer. 😉
Pouring the Egg Mixture
Once you’ve got the bread all sliced, slathered, and placed in the pan, it is time to pour on the egg mixture. Mixing it up in a large batter bowl is handy for pouring! Let the bread soak it up for a few minutes, then flip, wrap, and refrigerate.
Final Thoughts & Serving Tips
If you don’t want to make this a day in advance, I think you would still get great results by baking it not long after assembling. Just make sure all of the egg mixture has been soaked up into the bread.
For serving, I highly recommend the almond whipped cream topping! So very delicious and a perfect touch of sweetness with this overnight stuffed French toast. Add some fruit on top and you’ve got a breakfast for champions.
More French Toast Recipes:
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
- Praline French Toast
- Baked Pumpkin French Toast
- The Best Basic French Toast
- Blueberry Baked French Toast
Recipe adapted from ButterWithASideofBread and MelsKitchenCafe.
Easy Overnight Stuffed French Toast Recipe
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
French Toast:
- 1 loaf of store-bought French bread
- 5 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Whipped Cream Topping:
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract or amaretto flavoring
Instructions
- Generously butter a 9x13 baking dish.
- Cut the French bread loaf into 1-inch slices, discarding the ends.
- Arrange the bread slices as stacks of two (like sandwiches) inside the prepared dish. S
- et aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth, then beat in the vanilla, lemon juice, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Spread a thick layer of the cream cheese filling between each set of sliced bread, resulting in cream cheese sandwiches!
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl or 2-quart batter bowl, whisk the eggs together until combined.
- Whisk in the milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt and beat for a minute or two until well combined.
- Pour the mixture evenly over the sandwiches in the pan.
- Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Carefully flip over each sandwich in the pan, then cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400°F/200°C, unwrap, and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, beat the whipping cream, sugar, and almond flavoring together for the whipped topping.
- Serve with whipped topping and fruit.