Your Daily Dish: Overnight Strawberry French Toast

It’s a rarity when a recipe is both easy and impressive. Well, here it is, another Bite Me brunch recipe that’ll have you looking like a pro without sweating it — this easy and foolproof streusel-topped French Toast Souffle, finished with a homemade strawberry sauce is a guaranteed hit.

Ingredients

French Toast Souffle

6 eggs
2 cups whole milk
½ cup heavy cream
½ cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch kosher salt
12 cups French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes

Streusel Topping

½ cup cold butter, cut into 8 pieces
½ cup flour
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup oatmeal
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp kosher salt

Strawberry Sauce

4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled
½ cup water
¼ cup sugar
¼ tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1) For the French toast, coat 6 mini casserole dishes (about 1 ½ cup capacity) with non-stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and salt. Toss bread cubes in milk mixture until well coated and divide evenly among casserole dishes. Cover dishes and refrigerate overnight.

2) Once ready to bake, preheat oven to 350ºF. To prepare the streusel, using a food processor, combine butter, flour, brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon and salt. Pulse on and off until combined and mixture still has a few pea-sized chunks.
Place mini casserole dishes on a baking sheet. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top. Bake for 30 minutes, until topping is golden brown.

3) While the French toast bakes, prepare the strawberry sauce by combining strawberries, water and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir occasionally, until berries get soft, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat, cool slightly and stir in vanilla extract. Serve sauce over top each French toast soufflé.

Serves 6

Bite Me Bit: “Dear God,how can I live a vanilla life when I’m a strawberry girl?”- Lorna Seilstad

We love the idea of prepping brunch the day before, so you can imagine how much we (and all our guests) love this French Toast Souffle with Candied Rice Krispies!

Whether it’s cruising the aisles at the Dollar Store or experimenting at the stove, we believe that every day can be a holiday.

 

 

 

 

 

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