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Yield: 8-10 servings
This brings rave reviews and recipe requests from my guests.
Ingredients:
12 slices egg bread, cut into cubes (bread machine dough)
2 packages (8 ounce) cream cheese, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen (not thawed)
12 large eggs
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 cups milk
- Coat a 9 x 13 x 2-inch glass baking pan with cooking spray.
- Place half of bread cubes in pan. Scatter cream cheese over bread, then blueberries over cream cheese.
- Place remaining bread cubes on top of blueberries.
- In large bowl, whisk together eggs, syrup and milk. Pour evenly over bread.
- Wrap with foil and place in refrigerator overnight.
- The next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove French toast from refrigerator and place in middle of oven.
- Bake for 30 minutes with foil on, 30 minutes uncovered, until puffy, golden brown.
- Cut into servings and top with blueberry sauce.
Blueberry Sauce
2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
1 cup orange juice
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
- In 1-quart saucepan, mix together sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon.
- Add water and orange juice; cook over medium heat until thickened,
- Add blueberries and simmer for 10 minutes, or until berries have burst, stirring occasionally.
- Serve over Stuffed French Toast.
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