Double Berry Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole

Name: Double Berry Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
Cuisine: American, French, European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 8 ounces multigrain or whole-grain baguette, cut into 1-inch cubes; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup maple syrup; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; dash of salt; 1 1/2 cups low-fat 1% milk; 1/2 cup blueberries; 1/2 cup strawberries, sliced; 2 ounces Neufchatel (reduced-fat cream cheese), cut into 1/4-inch slices; Cooking spray; Optional toppings maple syrup, whipped cream, berry syrup

6 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:48:55 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

8 ouncesmultigrain baguette

or whole-grain, cut into 1-inch cubes

2eggs

¼ cupmaple syrup

½ teaspoonvanilla extract

salt

1 ½ cupslow-fat 1 % milk

½ cupblueberries

½ cupstrawberries

sliced

2 ouncesNeufchatel

reduced-fat cream cheese, cut into 1/4-inch slices

Instructions

Step 1

Preparation:

Step 2

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease the bottom of an 8- x 8-inch baking dish. Place bread cubes in a large bowl.

Step 3

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and next 4 ingredients (through milk). Pour over bread mixture. Let sit 10 minutes, folding twice to allow bread absorb liquid.

Step 4

3. Pour half of bread cube mixture into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle half the fruit and cream cheese. Top with remaining bread cube mixture, fruit, and cheese.

Step 5

4. Bake, covered, 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes or until bread is golden brown and the casserole is set. Serve alone or with desired toppings.

Step 6

CALORIES 331; FAT 9.5g (sat 3.4g, mono 2.4g, poly 1g); PROTEIN 13g; CARB 50g; FIBER 3g; SUGAR 19g; CHOL: 153mg; IRON 3mg; SODIUM 453mg; CALC 162mg

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