This recipe for the Best Overnight Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast is by far our favorite breakfast treat around here! I can’t decide whether my favorite part is the cream cheese filling in the middle or the crumbly topping all over the top! Both are nothing short of perfection!
You need to use a pan or casserole dish that is at least 2 1/2 inches deep and at least 8 inches long by 8 inches. I have a special french toast dish that I always use to make The Best Overnight Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast. Feel free to cut up the bread slices to make them fit as best you can.
Also, if you use a larger pan, feel free to add another scrambled egg or two if the mixture doesn’t come up to at least the midway point of the bread. Specifically, you need to be sure the egg mixture covers the cream cheese mixture in whichever pan you use.
We are huge french toast fans in this house and I have included links below to some of our other favorites. Hopefully you have a moment to take a peek at those recipes as well!
Overnight Baked Pecan French Toast
Overnight Baked Apple Raisin Pecan French Toast
Banana Chocolate Chip Caramel French Toast Bake
You have so many options when serving The Best Overnight Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast. You can serve it with syrup, fresh fruit and ice cream or whipped cream. The possibilities are truly endless. Check out our video below and you will be able to see exactly how this wonderful dish is made!
The Best Overnight Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Filling
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 5 tblsp all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
French Toast
- 1 loaf bread, french, cinnamon raisin, white or egg (challah), 1 in thick slices -
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (35%)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg, ground
Streusel Topping
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp cinnamon, ground
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup pecans, chopped, optional
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
Options For Serving
- icing or powdered sugar
- maple syrup
- fresh fruit
- chocolate chips
- whipped cream
Instructions
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Prepare your deepest 9x9 inch casserole dish (as close as you can get!) or baking pan lightly coated in cooking spray. If you are using a pan of a different size you may have to adjust the number of eggs and the amount of cream and milk so that there is enough to coat the bread. You can add anther egg or two at the end if you even need it! Set aside.
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In a medium sized bowl combine softened cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg, and flour. Whisk until well blended. You can also use a handheld or stand mixer to make blending easier! Set aside.
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Place slices of bread across the bottom of your prepared pan. Use half slices of bread and smaller pieces to fully cover the bottom of the pan. Spread your cream cheese mixture on top of this layer of bread. The cream cheese layer will be thick. Place remaining bread slices on top of the cream cheese mixture in the pan. Try to overlap the bread in a different pattern for the top layer. Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, milk, cream, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Once mixed pour slowly over bread and cream cheese. Try to coat all of the bread pieces as much as possible. Using a butter knife adjust and lift bread slightly at the outer edge, to allow egg mixture to flow between bread slices. Cover pan with aluminium foil and refrigerate overnight.
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When you are ready to bake remove pan from the fridge and keep on the counter to rest for 30 minutes before baking.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
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Grab a medium sized bowl and combine brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and flour. Mix with a fork or your fingers until crumbly and well combined. Once the butter is totally mixed in add the chopped pecans.
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Cover the bread in your prepared pan with the streusel topping. Bake for between 45-60 minutes, until golden brown. A toothpick should come out clean when inserted into the center of the pan.
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Cut into slices. Serve with a dusting of icing or powdered sugar and fresh fruits, whipped cream, chocolate chips or maple syrup. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
This doesn’t need syrup or cream or anything. Tasted great by itself. Didn’t need the extr calories. LOL My new favorite comfort food thank you
So glad you loved it! It is a favorite around here too! You are right it tastes delicious by itself but unfortunately I am a the more the better kind of girl! Funny but true! Take care of you and be well. Karin
Wish I foundling your site sooner. Have loved everything I tried so far but this is my new favorite meal. Perfect everything and loved by all. Thank you and keep up the great work. Thank you
So glad you have found our site now! We do aim to please! I love this dish too! I wish I could eat it more often than I do! Also thank you for letting me know that you enjoyed some other recipes you have tried on this site! You really made my day! Hopefully you will find lots more! All the best. Karin
This recipe is wonderful. Love the topping and the cream cheese filling. It was so good everyone loved it. Will serve with fruit next time just used syrup this time. Thank you
Hopefully you enjoy this dish even more with fruit! I love the topping and the cream cheese center too. So good! Glad I’m not the only one who loves this french toast! Take care and enjoy the rest of your day! Karin
Amazing recipe. Grandkids loved it. Will definitely keep it to do again. Thank you for sharing it.
As always you are most welcome! Happy you all, especially the grandkids, loved it. Hopefully you will find some other recipes on this site that you enjoy just as much! All the best to you. Karin
Can’t wait to make this again. Mixed strawberries with the cream cheese and loved it. Thank you for sharing this recipe!!!! Can’t wait to try your chocolate banana French toast next.
What a great idea to add the berries to the cream cheese! Bet the cream cheese mixture tasted even better! I love fruit with this dish! The more the better! Please let me know what you think of the chocolate banana French toast. I love it too! Hopefully you enjoy it just as much as this one! Take care and be well. Karin
Best French Toast ever. Perfect for my brunch. Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe will definitely make again. Love your site!
Glad you are enjoying our site! We do our best to please! Hopefully you find some other recipes on this site that you enjoy just as much! All the best to you. Karin
LOVE THIS!!!!! THANKS 4 SHARING!!!!
Everybody loved it Thank you for sharing it Will make again soon
I LOVE this French toast and am so glad to hear you did too! Can’t thank you enough for taking the time to comment! You made my day! Take care and all the best. Karin