Our Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake is perfect as an overnight breakfast casserole for Holidays, brunch, and any family gathering! So simple to prepare with the best cinnamon roll flavors in every bite!
If you love cinnamon roll flavors like we do, try our Cinnamon Roll Bundt Cake recipe too!
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake
This dreamy breakfast casserole is so perfect for Holiday mornings, brunch with family and friends, weekends and anytime you feel like a delicious sweet French Toast! So excited for you to try the recipe. It’s made with buttery sweet Brioche and could not be more delicious. Enjoy!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
- This French Toast Bake makes the perfect breakfast for Holidays, special weekends and really anytime!
- The cinnamon roll layer takes this bake to the next level! Guests of all ages love it!
- It’s not only absolutely delicious, but so simple to prepare. You can even make it the day before baking.
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What You’ll Need
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make this delicious baked French Toast at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full instructions.
- Loaf of Brioche– Find brioche bread in the bakery section of most grocery stores. If you can’t find it, you can use Italian or French bread too.
- Large Eggs– For consistency, I use large eggs for my cooking and baking.
- heavy whipping cream– Heavy whipping cream is used to make the egg base that gets added to the bread pieces.
- Brown Sugar– Brown sugar gives the cinnamon roll sweetness.
- Ground Cinnamon– Cinnamon is the perfect spice used for cinnamon roll recipes.
- Pure Vanilla Extract– For best tasting results, use pure vanilla.
- Kosher Salt– Kosher salt is a coarse salt commonly used in cooking and baking.
- Melted Butter– For most of my recipes I use salted butter, unsalted is fine too.
- Cream Cheese, Softened– Use full fat cream cheese for the recipe. It’s used to make the frosting.
- Powdered Sugar– Also called confectioners sugar, this fine sugar is used to make the frosting.
- Milk– I use 2% milk, it’s used in the frosting.
How To Make Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and lightly spray 9×13 inch baking dish with non stick cooking spray.
Combine Bread With Egg Mixture. Place cubed bread. Place eggs, heavy cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt into a large bowl, whisk to combine. Pour evenly over bread mixture. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon into a small bowl and sprinkle over top of bread/egg mixture. Drizzle evenly with melted butter. At this step you can cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Remove and let thaw to room temperature before baking.
Bake. When ready to bake, bake for 35-40 minutes or until set. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes before drizzling with icing.
Prepare Icing. To make cream cheese icing, place cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk into a large mixing bowl. Whisk gently until smooth and creamy. Drizzle over top of French Toast Bake and cut into squares to serve.
Can I Substitute Brioche For Another Bread?
Yes, you can use cubed French Bread, croissants and even canned cinnamon rolls or biscuits in place of the brioche if you’d like.
How To Serve
Serve French Toast Bake warm with icing cut into squares. Perfect for brunch, Holidays and weekend entertaining!
How To Store Overnight French Toast Bake
Refrigerate. Place any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Reheating Instructions. To reheat French Toast squares, place onto a heat proof plate, loosely covered with plastic wrap. Heat for 30-60 seconds, until hot. Dust with more powdered sugar if you’d like.
Try More French Toast Bake Recipes!
- Strawberry Shortcake French Toast Bake
- Raspberry Almond French Toast Bake
- Blueberry Almond French Toast Bake
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake
Equipment
- Oven
- Bowl
- 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- mixing spoons
- whisk
Ingredients
- 6 cups cubed Brioche bread
- 8 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Brown Sugar Topping
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
Cream Cheese Icing
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk or heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and lightly spray 9×13 inch baking dish with non stick cooking spray.
- Place cubed bread. Place eggs, heavy cream, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt into a large bowl, whisk to combine. Pour evenly over bread mixture. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon into a small bowl and sprinkle over top of bread/egg mixture. Drizzle evenly with melted butter. At this step you can cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Remove and let thaw to room temperature before baking. When ready to bake, bake for 35-40 minutes or until set. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes before drizzling with icing. To make cream cheese icing, place cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk into a large mixing bowl. Whisk gently until smooth and creamy. Drizzle over top of French Toast Bake and cut into squares to serve.
Nutrition
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Will a regular size loaf of Brioche bread yield 6 cups?
Thank you.
The loaf size I used is 17.6 ounces.
This is one of my favorite dishes. I’ve read some recipes of this dish and here is the best one to me. However, is it ok if I use white sugar as a substitute for brown sugar? Is the taste still good? Thank you.
I’d try to use granulated sugar if possible 🙂
Thank you
This says overnight but I don’t see any instructions for leaving it overnight?
Just added instructions for overnight option.
Thanks! This is in my fridge now 🙂