Strawberry Cheesecake French Toast Bake
A super simple perfect breakfast recipe fit for February that is loaded with Strawberries, Jam and Cream cheese that can be prepared ahead and baked fresh & warm before serving - Strawberry Cheesecake French Toast Bake
Ingredients
- 10 Slices Bread Slightly Stale is perfect :)
- 75g [2/3 Cup] Cream Cheese At room temperature, softened
- 1 Cup Strawberry Jam
To make the Custard
- 300 ml [2 Cups] Whole Milk Or plant based milk
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Cream Cheese
- 2 tsp Strawberry Jam
For the topping
- 4-5 Sliced Strawberries
- 4 tbsp Cold Unsalted Butter ,Cubed
- 2 tbsp Granulated White Sugar
To Serve
- Cream Cheese Or Ice Cream
Instructions
- Slather softened cream cheese on half of the bread slices and the strawberry jam in the remaining half of the slices
- Sandwich them and cut in half
- In a buttered baking dish, arrange the sliced sandwiches cut side up
- In a mixing bowl or a large measuring jug, add the custard ingredients - milk, eggs, vanilla, sugar, cream cheese and the jam. Whisk well
- Pour the custard over the sandwiched bread slices until fully covered. Let it stand for 30 minutes at least or overnight in the fridge until ready to bake
- Arrange the sliced strawberries, tuck them in gaps between the sandwiches. Add the butter cubes and sprinkle the sugar all over the baking dish
- Bake in a preheated oven of 200 degrees Celsius for 40-45 minutes until the top is gold and looks crunchy
- Slightly cook until warm and serve with cream cheese or ice cream
- Enjoy
Notes
- Use half and half if you like to make it more rich in taste
- Do not reduce the cream cheese quantity - very crucial
- Perfect valentine's day breakfast recipe - Try it :)