Mixed Berry French Toast Bake

Submitted by jonesies

"Taken from Light & Tasty. Perfect for fuss-free holiday breakfasts or company. A cinch to put together the night before. Note: This recipe MUST refrigerate overnight (not included in cooking time)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 loaf French bread, cubed
• 6 egg whites
• 3 eggs
• 1 3⁄4 cups skim milk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (12 ounce) package frozen unsweetened mixed berries
• 2 tablespoons butter (cold)
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar (packed)

directions

1. Place bread cubes ina 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, combine the egg whites, eggs, milk, surgar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt; pour over bread.
3. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
4. Thirty minutes before baking, remove the berries from the freezer, set aside, and remove the baking dish from the refrigerator.
5. Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
6. In a small bowl, cut butter into brown sugar until crumbly. Sprinkle berries and brown sugar mixture over french toast. Bake, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Reviews

[Chef Big Badd Wolf]

Excellent Christmas Morning treat! We added cubed pieces of Cream Cheese along with the Berries and it gave it a nice touch. Thanks for posting it!

 

[Annacia]

I'm so glad that I chose to make this, it's absolutely delicious. I made a half recipe. I think I might have to keep berries in the freezer year round so I can make this at any time. It works perfectly for a summer brekkie on the deck since it's put together the night before and baked early before the heat of the day sets in. I used Splenda Brown Sugar in half the amount ask for and as that was a very small volume I added some oats just to increase the amount of topping so it would cover most of the surface. I used just the egg whites and I don't miss the fat and cholesterol in the egg yolks at all. Jonesies this is pure pleasure along side a cup of fresh coffee (or tea). Thanks so much for posting it.

 

[pasha.dahncke]

loved this! super easy and delicious. I did not change a thing... definitely will repeat this.

 

[patti k.]

I loved this! It was quite easy to put together and tasted great! Thanks for sharing!