Strawberry Shortcake Baked French Toast
Reincarnated strawberry shortcake baked into a breakfast casserole to make a strawberry shortcake overnight French toast breakfast casserole.
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Ingredients
- 1 loaf French bread, cut up...[$1.00]
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened...[$2.00]
- 1 cup powdered sugar, ...[$0.34]
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, ...[$0.35]
- 2 cup strawberries, fresh or frozen...[$2.50]
- 6 large eggs, ...[$1.38]
- 1½ cup half & half, ...[$0.75]
- ½ cup white granulated sugar, ...[$0.15]
- ½ stick butter, melted...[$0.50]
- 1 cup crushed shortbread cookies or graham crackers, ...[$1.50]
- 1 cup all purpose flour, ...[$0.23]
Instructions
- Grease a 8x8 casserole dish and put ⅓ of tore up bread on bottom.
- Soften cream cheese in bowl, add powdered sugar and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Spread ⅓ of cream cheese mixture over first layer of bread.
- Cut up strawberries and put down a handful. If working with frozen strawberries, cut when they are slightly frozen still.
- Add another layer of bread, cream cheese, strawberries for two more layers.
- In a large bowl, blend eggs, half & half, and sugar. Pour over bread and strawberry dish. Pour slowly, the egg mixture will spill out if you go too fast.
- In another large bowl, melt butter and add cookie crumbs and flour. Mix until crumbly.
- With your hands, crumble cookie mixture on top of the French toast, cover and put in refrigerator.
- In the morning, preheat oven to 350 °F and bake covered French toast for 1 hr.
- To get a golden crust, broil on high for a few minutes. Don't take you eyes off of it.
- Let dish sit for 5 minutes, cut and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 565kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 15gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 197mgSodium: 491mgPotassium: 278mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 842IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 124mgIron: 4mg