Name: Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Butter , for greasing; Cream Cheese Filling:; 250 g / 8oz cream cheese , at room temperature; 1/3 cup sugar (white); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg; 2 tbsp lemon juice; Egg Mixture:; 4 eggs; 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk (low fat or full fat); 3 tbsp sugar (white); Pinch of salt; French Toast Bake:; 12 fresh slices sandwich bread (crusts removed) (Note 1); 2 tbsp butter , diced (optional) (Note 2); 2 tbsp brown sugar (optional) (Note 2); Macerated Strawberries (optional - Note 3):; 1 punnet strawberries , sliced; 1 tbsp sugar

1. The number of slices of bread you need will depend on the size of the bread. You need enough to create 5 layers in the loaf tin. Cut to fit.

Typically, french toast recipes will call for stale bread. In this case, fresh is required because the bread is not kept aside for the egg mixture to soak into the bread. Fresh bread works better because it instantly soaks up the egg mixture.

2. If you want to reduce calories, you don't have to do the butter and sugar topping. It creates an extra crunchy sweet crust and adds a buttery flavour to the french toast. It's an optional extra. 🙂

3. Strawberries are optional. They are mainly for decoration. They add flavour but the french toast loaf is yummy enough without it too.

4.Nutrition including Macerated Strawberries, for 8 servings.

Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling

Egg Mixture

French Toast Bake

Macerated Strawberries (optional - Note 3)

Steps

Notes

Nutrition Facts