Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast units a brand new commonplace for breakfast! It’s a baked french toast within the form of a loaf with a cream cheese filling within the center. Made with plain outdated sandwich bread, it tastes like a cheesecake french toast!

This. It’s unbelievable. It tastes like a cheesecake….but in addition like french toast. It’s mushy and custardy and buttery. Somewhat bit candy, however not too candy. The highest of the loaf has a thick, golden crust, harking back to the golden crust you get from conventional pan fried french toast.

Then you will have that unbelievable cream cheese layer. It’s SO SIMPLE, however so good for this french toast loaf. I acquired the filling recipe from Mira at Cooking LSL, from her Cream Cheese Crammed Banana Bread with Coconut Oil. All I did was add a wee little bit of lemon as a result of I discovered the general flavour was too one dimensional and I feel having a contact of freshness from the lemon makes an enormous distinction.

Don’t you suppose it seems to be fairly? It’s laborious to imagine that one thing like that is made with plain sandwich bread. Not fancy artisan bread or brioche. Simply plain bread, a budget sliced stuff you get from the grocery store. Although I’m certain this could be beautiful made with fancy bread….

Sandwich bread is ideal as a result of it suits neatly into the loaf tin and supplies the right base for making a neat layer of cream cheese within the center. You simply dip items of bread in a easy egg combination, then layer it up like lasagna. The cream cheese filling is actually mushy and fluffy so it’s very straightforward to unfold. Then simply high with extra egg dipped bread, dollop on some butter, scatter with sugar (actually price it, creates a stunning crust!) and bake.

Look how straightforward that is to assemble!

When it comes out of the oven, it will likely be gloriously overrated with a rounded high, like loafs you usually make in loaf tins. However it would deflate because it cools. I want I might inform you to slice it up straight out the oven, but it surely actually does want quarter-hour to relaxation so it may well “set” and be sliced neatly. However don’t fear, it’s nonetheless beautiful and heat! Having mentioned that although, I’ve eaten loads of it at room temperature, and it’s simply as good. 🙂

I can’t consider something extra acceptable to pile on high of this loaf than a mass of candy strawberries. The crowning contact, don’t you suppose? However truthfully, it’s extra about aesthetics than flavour. As a result of this french toast loaf does NOT want the additional flavour. 🙂

OK. My weight-reduction plan begins subsequent week. Subsequent week. I promise.

Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Recipe

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Serves: 6 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes 40 minutes

Nutrition facts: 355 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• Butter , for greasing
• 250 g / 8oz cream cheese , at room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar (white)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk (low fat or full fat)
• 3 tbsp sugar (white)
• Pinch of salt
• 12 fresh slices sandwich bread (crusts removed) (Note 1)
• 2 tbsp butter , diced (optional) (Note 2)
• 2 tbsp brown sugar (optional) (Note 2)
• 1 punnet strawberries , sliced
• 1 tbsp sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Generously butter a 10cm x 21cm / 4" x 8" loaf tin
2. Make Cream Cheese Filling - beat (or mix) the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until combined. Then add the egg and lemon juice, then beat/mix until smooth, light and fluffy.
3. Whisk the Egg Mixture ingredients together in a large bowl.
4. Dip 2 slices of bread into the Egg Mixture. Because you're using fresh bread, it should soak through with egg mixture pretty quickly.
5. Line the base of the loaf tin with the egg dipped bread. Cut bread if necessary to fill in gaps. Repeat twice more so you have 3 layers of egg dipped bread.
6. Spread all the Cream Cheese filling over the bread. Then top with two more layers of egg-dipped bread.
7. Dot surface with butter and scatter over the sugar.
8. Bake for 40 minutes until golden and puffed. Check at 30 minutes - if the top is already dark golden, then cover loosely with foil and return to the oven to finish baking (this is what I did).
9. Allow to rest for 15 minutes in the tin before turning out onto a cooling rack to rest for a further 5 minutes.
10. To serve, topped with Macerated Strawberries.
11. Combine strawberries and sugar in a bowl and set aside to "sweat" for at least 20 minutes.

Notes

1. The number of slices of bread you need will depend on the size of the bread. You need enough to create 5 layers in the loaf tin. Cut to fit.
Typically, french toast recipes will call for stale bread. In this case, fresh is required because the bread is not kept aside for the egg mixture to soak into the bread. Fresh bread works better because it instantly soaks up the egg mixture.
2. If you want to reduce calories, you don't have to do the butter and sugar topping. It creates an extra crunchy sweet crust and adds a buttery flavour to the french toast. It's an optional extra. 🙂
3. Strawberries are optional. They are mainly for decoration. They add flavour but the french toast loaf is yummy enough without it too.
4. Nutrition including Macerated Strawberries, for 8 servings.