This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.
***UPDATED DECEMBER 2023*** I have been making this amazing Overnight Strawberry and Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast for nearly 20 years. It is our Christmas morning tradition and is beloved by us all! It features a caramel mixture that coats the bottom of the pan, a strawberry cream cheese filling and berries and whipped cream on top. You assemble it the night before and then let it hang out in the fridge overnight, making it the perfect Christmas morning breakfast. I just pop it in the oven to bake while we open presents. Usually by the time we are done, so is this tasty french toast.
Hope you get a chance to try it!
Let me show you how to make it happen.
1. Combine the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray and pour the mixture into the bottom. Spread it around with a rubber spatula, making sure the bottom of the pan gets nice and coated.
2. Slice up your bread. You want the pieces to be about 1/2 inch thick and lay them out evenly over the top of the brown sugar mixture. You want to make sure they touch each other, but don’t overlap.
3. 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.
4. Layer more bread over the top of the cream cheese filling.
5. In another bowl, combine the eggs, milk and salt. Whisk them around until well combined.
Pour over the top of the bread.
6. Sprinkle the top of the bread with some cinnamon.
7. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
8. 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 (or frozen berries that have been thawed), powdered sugar and whipped cream.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- CARAMEL LAYER:
- 1/2 C melted butter
- 3/4 C brown sugar
- 1/2 C corn syrup
- 1 loaf french bread
- CREAM CHEESE LAYER:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/3 C sugar
- 1/2 C strawberry jam
- EGG and MILK LAYER:
- 8 eggs
- 1 C milk
- dash salt
- cinnamon
- Fresh Strawberries or frozen berries that have been thawed to room temperature
- Powdered sugar and Whipped cream (from the can is fine)
Instructions
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 half of the bread slices on top of the buttery brown sugar, making sure they touch each other, but don't 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 the remaining bread over the top of the cream cheese filling.
8. In another bowl, combine the eggs, milk and salt. 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 berries, powdered sugar and whipped cream.
Enjoy!
Recipe from my wonderful sister, Alli Bahr
I’m wondering how this would be without the strawberry jam, in the cream cheese mixture? I have a couple of picky eaters and if it was plain on the inside with the choice of strawberry/coconut/cinnamon syrup, I might be able to please everyone…Thoughts?