Strawberry and Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast*

By srumbel

Don’t leave here before I tell you how fabulous this dish is!
I love this dish because it is easy to assemble
the night before you need it.
It tastes wonderful! The bottom of the french toast gets all caramelized and gooey, while the inside is a fabulous blend of baked cream cheese and strawberry jam.
I think you are going to love it!
Amen.
from jamiecooksitup.net

Ingredients

• 1 loaf french bread
• 1/2 C melted butter
• 3/4 C brown sugar
• 1/2 C corn syrup
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/3 C sugar
• 1/2 C strawberry jam
• 8 eggs
• 1 C milk
• cinnamon
• Fresh Strawberries
• Powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup.

2. Slice up your bread. You want the pieces to be about 1/2 inch thick.

3. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Pour the butter/brown sugar mixture in the bottom of the pan.

4. Smooth it all out, so it covers the bottom entirely.

5. Lay your slices of bread on top of the buttery brown sugar. I had to cut some of my slices in half, still turned out great! You can have them touch each other, just not overlap.

6. In a separate bowl combine the cream cheese, egg, sugar and strawberry jam. Beat with hand held beaters (or in your stand mixer) until nice and smooth. Pour it right over the top of the bread.

7. Layer more bread over the top of the cream cheese filling.

8. In another bowl (ok, this takes a lot of bowls!) combine the 8 eggs and 1 C of milk. Whisk them around until well combined. Pour over the top of the bread.

9. Sprinkle the top of the bread with some cinnamon.

10. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

11. Bake in the morning at 350. Depending on how quickly your oven cooks, and how cold you keep your fridge you will need to bake it for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. It needs to soak up all of the egg and milk juice, and have time to caramelize along the bottom. Take the foil off for the last 15 minutes of cooking.

12. Serve with fresh strawberries and powdered sugar. You can also use frozen strawberries. This is the middle of the winter after all! Just be sure they have had a chance to thaw.

Enjoy

Yield: 10 servings