Boulderberry Baked French Toast

Recipe Rating:	3 Ratings5
Categories:	Breakfast Casseroles, Fruit Breakfast, French
Keywords:	Cream, cheese, toast, strawberry
Serves:	6-8
Prep Time:	1 Hr
Cook Time:	1 Hr

Ingredients

12 slice	texas toast white bread
1 1/2 c	fresh strawberries sliced
12	eggs
2 c	half and half
1/3 c	maple syrup
16 oz	(2 8oz packages) cream cheese
STRAWBERRY SAUCE
1 c	strawberries, fresh and sliced thin
1 c	water
1 c	sugar
2 Tbsp	cornstarch
1 Tbsp	butter

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Silka Clark

Lightly Salted

Denver, CO (pop. 600,158)

SilkaClark

Member Since Aug 2011

Silka's Notes:

This is a favorite in my family. Blueberries can be substituted, or any berry mix, but I find the strawberry variation to be the best.

Directions

Butter a 13x9 dish

Cut 6 slices of the Texas Toast into cubes and arrange in the bottom of the dish.

Add 3/4 C of the sliced strawberries

Cut all of the cream cheese into small cubes and drop on top of the strawberries.

Add the other 3/4 C of sliced strawberries.

Top with the remaining 6 slices of Texas Toast cubed.

In a blender, add the half and half, eggs, and syrup, and blend for a minute or until frothy, blending between the addition of every 2-3 eggs.

Carefully pour over the bread/berry/cream cheese, making sure to moisten all of the bread cubes.

Cover with foil and refrigerate over night.

Remove from fridge and preheat oven to 350.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, then remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes or until puffy and golden brown.

While cooling, make strawberry sauce:
1. In a medium sauce pan heat sugar, water, and cornstarch on med/high about 5 minutes or until bubbling.
2. Stir in berries and simmer about 10 minutes or until berries are almost dissolved.
3. Add butter until melted, and remove from heat.
4. Pour over French Toast.