Description
Take your French toast to the next level with our raspberry cream cheese filling! It makes for the perfect Valentine’s day breakfast, weekend brunch, or special meal for an at-home date night!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 loaf french bread, ends trimmed off, and cut into 5-6 sections.
- 1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened (low-fat is okay)
- 4 Tbsp raspberry jam
- 1 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1/2-1 Tbsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1/2-1 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1-2 Tbsp butter
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Prepare the French bread by slicing into 5-6 sections after trimming the ends off the loaf. Each of the sections will be quite thick. Use a serrated knife to slice 3/4 of the way through each section, leaving it attached. (This way, you have the perfect place to put the filling). I prefer leaving the bread out for a few hours to get hardened a little bit. (It absorbs the custard much better this way.)
- Make the filling by combining the cream cheese and raspberry jam. You can do this with a spatula or a hand mixer. Place raspberries in a separate bowl and sprinkle with a little bit of sugar.
- Divide the cream cheese filling among the 5-6 sections of bread. Spread mixture in the slit of each section and sprinkle a few raspberries on top of the cream cheese. You’ll now have 5-6 little “sandwiches.”
- Make the custard by whisking together eggs, milk, vanilla, and 1/2Tbsp cinnamon.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches of 2-3 “sandwiches,” dip each sandwich in the custard mixture 3-5 seconds per side. Add immediately to the pan and cook over medium heat 2-5 minutes or until golden brown, flip over and cook 1-3 minutes more till golden. Repeat with remaining sandwiches.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar to serve.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American