Overnight Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake – the perfect make-ahead breakfast for Mother’s Day or any special weekend brunch. Best of all, it’s easy to make ahead the night and is full of sweet strawberries and cream cheese. Plus recipe video.
Breakfast foods of any kind, will always be my favorite. Lately, we’ve been making a lot of this blueberry cream cheese french toast bake , mixed berry french toast and banana pecan streusel french toast bake.
They are super easy to assemble the night before and are always a hit with my family.
Our latest version was this Overnight Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake. My kiddos are big berry monsters and always get so excited whenever we make this.
This Overnight Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake would be amazing if you have family coming over. They are seriously going to love waking up to this in the morning.
Plus, you can’t beat how easy it is to make ahead the night before too.
If you have lots of fresh juicy strawberries, this french toast bake would be perfect. You can even use frozen if that’s what you have on hand.
The sweet berries go so well with the brown sugar streusel topping and soft cream cheese filling. If you’re not a fan of cream cheese, you can totally leave the filling out if you prefer.
When you’re ready to serve, just top with your favorite syrup and more fresh berries.
Make ahead tips for this Overnight Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake
- Slice the strawberries ahead of time
- Cut the bread in advance
- Mix the egg and milk mixture the night before
- prepare the streusel topping the night before and store in the fridge
- Assemble the night before and park it in the fridge overnight to soak up all that goodness
Yields 8 servings
Overnight Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake – the perfect make-ahead breakfast or brunch. Best of all, bursting with strawberries and cream cheese.
20 minPrep Time
35 minCook Time
55 minTotal Time
Save RecipeIngredients
1 16 ounce (450 g) loaf of French bread, sourdough bread, or challah (day old bread works best), cut into 1-inch cubes with the ends discarded
1/2 cup cream cheese, softened (optional - leave out if preferred)
1 1/2 - 2 cups sliced strawberries, divided
6 large eggs
1 1/4 cups milk (I used almond)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
1/4 cup brown sugar (optional - add if you like your french toast sweeter - I left it out since we usually drizzle with maple syrup once baked)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Streusel Topping:
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed
Optional Toppings:
maple syrup
more fresh berries
whipped cream
powdered sugar
Instructions
- Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon together. Cut in the cubed butter with a pastry blender or two forks. Set aside in the fridge.
- For the casserole Lightly grease a 9x9-inch square baking dish or 2.5 quart casserole dish.
- Arrange half of the bread cubes in the bottom of the pan. Drop spoonfuls of the softened cream cheese over the bread and top with half of the mixed berries.
- Layer with remaining bread cubes on top.
- In a large bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, milk, cinnamon, maple syrup, and vanilla.
- Pour evenly over bread cubes. Press the bread cubes slightly down to absorb the milk/egg mixture.
- Top evenly with remaining berries. Sprinkle the streusel topping over top. Cover pan with foil. Allow to chill in refrigerator for an hour or overnight.
- When ready to bake, remove french toast from fridge. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake covered with foil for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 23-26 minutes or until fluffy and golden.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Serve warm with syrup and additional toppings if desired.
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