Overnight Blueberry French Toast

So over the weekend I was fortunate enough to try this AMAZING recipe by my fellow blogger at www.chef-n-training.blogspot.com!!! Amazing cook, recipes for all occasions... (DEF past "n-training" in my book). 

So I decided to try the mouth-watering recipe for Overnight Blueberry French Toast.  The key word here for me was "overnight."  My family was all going to Brookville Lake to go boating for the weekend, but my boyfriend and I were only coming for Monday.  We decided to make a productive day of it, and take breakfast early Monday morning (already prepared, just needed to be popped in the oven for an hour).  We made it and it came out of the oven RIGHT when the majority of everyone was getting out of bed! SUCCESS! Seriously, try it.

Overnight Blueberry French Toast

French Toast:

12 slices bread cut into cubes (I used French bread, used the whole loaf and made 1 ½ of this recipe)

8 oz package cream cheese (cubes)

1 cup blueberries (honestly CAN’T even taste the difference if they’re frozen)

12 large eggs

1/3 cup maple syrup

2 cups milk (I used skim)

Syrup (for on top AFTER you bake):

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 cup blueberries (again, can’t taste the dif if they’re frozen)

1 Tbsp butter

 Layer 1: Arrange ½ bread cubes in a greased 9x13 pan. (Make sure the bread slices are generously thick before cubing them).  Sprinkle small cream cheese cubes and (1/2 of the) blueberries all over the bread cubes.  Mix together eggs, milk, and syrup and pour over Layer 1.   Layer 2: Add the rest of the bread cubes on top of Layer 1 and add remaining blueberries.  Cover pan in foil and refrigerate overnight.  Bake covered with foil for 30 min at 350 degrees and then uncovered for 30 min.  The top should be golden brown.  Top with syrup, LET COOL and then dig in!

Syrup: Cook water, sugar, and cornstarch until thickened.  Stir in blueberries and simmer for about 10 minutes.  Add butter and stir until melted.  Serve topped with syrup.

*note: in the original recipe, only the cream cheese and blueberries are put between layer 1 and layer 2; the eggs were added on top of both layers.  I prefer putting it between because there’s a slightly crunchy top (but not TOO crunchy because some of the top layer gets soggy overnight anyways!).  For the original recipe click here.