French Toast

By charlotteh371

12 servings

Ingredients

• 10 cups cubed (1 inch) sturdy white bread (I used 1 1/2 loafs of Challah
• egg
• bread when I did it)
• 1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 8 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 2/3 cup half and half cream
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 tbs. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 tbs. confectioners sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Place bread cubes in a 13x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray. Beat
cream cheese with mixer at med. speed until completely smooth. Beat in
eggs
at low speed until blended.

Add milk, cream, maple syrup, cinnamon and vanilla and whisk until
smooth.
Pour mixture over top of bread and press bread down gently into the egg
mixture, making sure bread is completely coated; cover and refridgerate
one
hour or as long as overnight (i did overnight).

Heat oven to 350. Remove bread mixture from refrigerator and press down
gently to resoak bread; let stand on counter 30 mins. Bake until set, 45
mins. Let stand 10 mins before serving. Sprinkle top with confectioners
sugar and serve with additional syrup.