Sharing a favorite French toast bake today, our Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake, 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!
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!
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What You’ll Need
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Pour egg/cream mixture over Brioche and make sure cubes are coated nicely.
Sprinkle tops of Brioche with brown sugar and cinnamon mixture then drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 35-40 minutes, or until eggs are set. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes before adding cream cheese icing and cutting into squares.
Whisk softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk until smooth, creamy and a nice drizzling consistency. Drizzle or spoon over top of french toast bake.
Cut into squares and serve!
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
Place any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Warm in microwave as needed and dust with more powdered sugar if you’d like.
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 9x13 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 🙂