Description
French toast topped with glazed strawberries and stuffed with cheesecake. Soooo good and original. Perfect to impress at a brunch. Serve with mimosas for a fancier brunch-type setting, or just make it for a special Saturday morning breakfast for your family like I do. =)
Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed fresh strawberries
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup milk
- 6 eggs
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 8 slices bread, cut in half diagonally
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 8 sliced fresh strawberries
- 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar for dusting
- 1 cup whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 100 degrees F ( 40 degrees C).
- Heat mashed strawberries and 1/2 cup white sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Mix cornstarch and water together in a bowl
- then stir into the strawberries.
- Cook and stir until thickened
- about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer while preparing remaining ingredients
- stirring occasionally.
- Whisk together the milk and eggs in a bowl; set aside.
- Mash cream cheese
- vanilla extract
- and 3/4 cup white sugar in a bowl until smooth.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over a triangle-shaped piece of bread
- and top with another piece. Repeat with remaining bread and cream cheese mixture to make 8 triangle-shaped sandwiches.
- Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Dip the sandwiches into the egg mixture
- 2 or 3 at a time
- and place in the skillet.
- Cook until golden brown on both sides
- about 3 minutes per side.
- Transfer pan-fried sandwiches to a baking sheet and place in the preheated oven to keep warm while cooking remaining sandwiches.
- To serve
- top French toast with warm strawberry glaze and sliced fresh strawberries and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 8