So this post is a double whammy!
You get an amazing breakfast recipe…this one…
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Now it’s time for breakfast!
Now it’s time for breakfast!
How about a big ol’ helping of Vanilla Bean Apple French Toast?
Um yum.
This recipe is so good.
Combine seasonal apples, cinnamon, vanilla bean, Philadelphia Cream Cheese
and whole wheat bread and you get pure deliciousness.
Not to mention that there’s just something so fabulous about waking up
and knowing that you’ve already got breakfast ready to go!
Just pop it in the oven, start a pot of coffee, and before you know it, it’s time to eat!
Overnight Vanilla Bean Apple French Toast
Ingredients
- 8 slices of whole wheat bread or buns, torn into small pieces (about ¾ inch)
- 1 – 8oz package of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, cut into small pieces
- 2 small apples, peeled & cored, cut into small chunks
- 6 eggs
- ½ cup sugar (divided into ¼ and ¼)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- seeds from ½ of 1 vanilla bean
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Prepare glass baking dish. I like to spray mine lightly with cooking oil.
- Sprinkle in half of the bread.
- Add the chunks of cream cheese and chopped apples.
- Sprinkle on the remaining chunks of bread.
- In a bowl whisk together the eggs, ¼ cup sugar, milk, vanilla, vanilla bean, and cinnamon (see tips).
- Pour the milk mixture over the bread mixture.
- Sprinkle on the remaining ¼ cup sugar.
- Cover the dish with tin foil and put it in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake covered for 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for 30 minutes more, until golden brown and puffy.
- Serve with syrup.
Notes
- You can use what ever kind of fruit you would like! Berries would be awesome!
- Vanilla bean is hard to whisk into the milk, as it tends to want to stay in a clump. I use a hand blender to mix it up.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
It would be fantastic and so convenient for overnight guests,
and at busy times of the year like holidays!
And best of luck in your chance to win groceries for a year!
Have a delicious day!
In full disclosure, I bought the cream cheese all by my little old self. With my own money. ;)
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I was poking around your recipes looking for something new to add to this week’s menu and found your perogi casserole. We’re going to try it this week!
Cheers,
Elizabeth
Excellent! I hope you it works out for you!
Jo-Anna
OMG! When are the going to make an invention that hooks up to your computer that automatically makes and delivers recipes you see online to you in an instant! I need that invention posthaste! This looks delish! I am adding this to the must try list!!!
Shirley
I love this! I make an overnight french toast as well, but I’m gonna give yours a go next! Love the addition with the apples. My family would really enjoy it like that. Found you at the Create and Inspire Party and I’ll be following you a few different ways so I don’t miss anything! Have a great weekend!
Erika @ Southern Belle as an Army Wife