Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast is super kid-friendly and easy to make. It’s a delicious recipe for using up leftover bread and the season’s freshest produce — blueberries!
When Chloe was born, a friend sent us a gorgeous cheese plate with all types of incredible cheeses and fresh French baguettes. The two of us couldn’t possibly go through all of that cheese and bread on our own, so I refrigerated the cheese and cut the bread into cubes to dry out for another use (I’m way too frugal for my own good!). If I’m not making Breakfast Bread Pudding or Breakfast Casserole when I have tons of bread on hand, I’m making this recipe.
I hate waste. For example, I hate when I have to buy a loaf of bread and only wind up using half, so I have to come up with recipes that I can use before the bread goes bad. Recipes like Blueberry Cream Cheese French toast are a perfect use for day old bread.
Blueberries are in season now and one of the kids’ obsessions is cream cheese, so I decided to put it all together for this delicious breakfast recipe. Even better, you can prepare the dish up to 24 hours in advance, refrigerate, then pop it in the oven when you’re ready to bake it. This recipe is great to make for a crowd too since you aren’t making individual pieces of french toast. Just prep it and place it in the oven and you’re ready to go!
When I pulled this out of the oven, my family’s eyes lit up! Also it made me happy to be using ingredients that otherwise would have gone to waste. I love breakfast and brunch so I’m always working to come up with new recipes for those meals. If you’re looking for more fun breakfast or brunch recipes you should try French Toast on a Stick, Breakfast Casserole or this Veggie Filled Frittata to name a few.
Let me know if you try this Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast! Tag me on social media or leave a comment below.
Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 tablespoons honey or agave
- 1/2 loaf 4 cups french bread, fresh or day old, cut into cubes
- 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- butter for greasing
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk milk, eggs, vanilla and honey or agave.
- Add the bread cubes and toss with the liquid mixture. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Add the cream cheese and blueberries and mix gently to combine.
- Place in a buttered 8 × 8 inch baking dish or 6 individual buttered 6 oz ramekins.
- At this point you can refrigerate for up to 12 hours to bake in the morning or continue on with step 6 and 7.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cover the dish with foil that has been greased with butter or oil, greased side down. If using the 8×8 inch dish, bake for 25 minutes covered and 20-25 minutes uncovered. If using individual 6 oz. ramekins bake for 20 minutes covered and 15 minutes uncovered.
- Top with desired accompaniments and serve.
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Can you make this and cook it and then give it to someone and have them just reheat it … thinking of making it a holiday hostess gift but it would soak too long if i dont cook it cause they probably wont use it till the next morning
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I heard you on Today show yesterday, nonetheless, I am making this for a larger group for Sunday. If I double the ingredients and bake in a 9×13, would you suggest increasing the cook time? By how much? Thanks!
The egg is the binder in this recipe so I am afraid that you will need it. I have not tested it with tofu though, you can give it a try and let me know how it turns out.
Looks yummy…..But I don’t suppose it could be made without eggs could it? Maybe with silken tofu….hmm…I’ll have to try.
So sorry to hear that, we added some things in to the recipe, we top the french toast with Maple syrup which brings out the flavors and is amazing. Did you use any type of syrup with this?
I tried this a few weekends ago hoping I could use it when I had company in town and it was a total bust. Not even close to appetizing. I followed your recipe to a “T” and not sure what happened. It sat over night in the fridge. It looked amazing, but like I said didnt taste that way. What should I do differently Ive made tons of other things from your website and they all turned out great, this was my one flop. Please help:)
would whipped cream cheese work and, if so, how much would I use?
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yes i have, they totally work, the more dense bread is though, the longer you have to soak it.
Wow, my six year old is a blueberry and cream cheese fiend (he usually asks for cream cheese and blueberry jam sandwiches or bagels, and nothing else will do). Will definitely try this for him this weekend. Hoping to get a whole grain in there; have you tried other breads with more fiber/whole grain?
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