Treat yourself to a slow morning with this Overnight French Toast Casserole! Overflowing with sweet, cozy flavor, tender chunks of brioche, and a crunchy cinnamon-brown sugar topping!

An Easier Morning That’s Also Delicious

Easy mornings don’t have to come with the sacrifice of a boring breakfast! This Overnight French Toast Casserole now lets you have both!

This breakfast casserole is assembled the day before, so in the morning, your only job is sliding it into the oven to bake up to a sweet, homemade breakfast your family will devour! No sleep loss, kitchen mess, or cold cereal here, just a sweet maple, cinnamon-sugar breakfast that weekend mornings are made for!

While this is a great breakfast option for weekends, it’s also perfect when you’re hosting or attending a brunch! Not to mention it would be a stand-out holiday breakfast as well, so check out the Cranberry Bliss Variation below!

Ingredients For Overnight French Toast Casserole

This overnight stuffed French toast casserole starts with a loaf of brioche bread. I just grab the pre-sliced kind from the bakery aisle at my grocery store to keep this recipe simple. However, you could also make Homemade Brioche to use in this recipe if you’re up for it!

Next up is the cream cheese filling that’s made with whipped cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla bean paste. Though if you don’t have vanilla bean paste, it can be replaced with an equal amount of vanilla extract.

Optionally, you can sprinkle your choice of chopped nuts around the dollops of cream cheese mixture or chocolate chips, fresh fruit, or dollops of your favorite jam.

This casserole is then covered in an egg mixture that combines large eggs with half & half, light brown sugar, 100% pure maple syrup, vanilla bean paste, ground cinnamon, and salt.

To finish off this breakfast dish, we top it with a sweet crumble that’s made with salted butter, light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, and ground cinnamon.

How To Make Overnight French Toast Casserole

Spray a baking pan with non-stick spray and then set it aside.
Cut the loaf of brioche bread up into cubes and then layer half of the cubed bread in the prepared pan.
Stir whipped cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla bean paste together in a medium bowl until the mixture is thoroughly combined.
Dollop half of the cream cheese mixture randomly over the top of the layer of cubed bread in the baking pan. Then sprinkle the remaining bread cubes over the top. Next, dollop the remaining cream cheese mixture over the top of the second layer of bread cubes.
Optional: If you are adding fresh fruit, jam, chopped nuts, or chocolate chips, divide them in half and add them in layers with the cream cheese mixture.
Whisk the large eggs, half & half, light brown sugar, pure maple syrup, vanilla bean paste, ground cinnamon, and salt together until well combined.
Pour the egg mixture evenly over the top of the casserole and then cover it tightly with aluminum foil. Transfer the covered casserole dish into the fridge to keep overnight.
Preheat the oven and then gently press the French toast casserole down with the aluminum foil to ensure even baking. Then remove the foil from the baking dish.
Prepare the crumb topping by cubing the salted butter and adding it to a bowl with light brown sugar, all-purpose flour, and ground cinnamon. Press the mixture together by hand until all of the ingredients are combined and clump together.
Sprinkle the crumb topping over the top of the breakfast casserole. Then transfer the baking dish into the preheated oven to bake. Bake the casserole until it reaches your desired texture.
Serve as is or with toppings, enjoy!

How To Serve & Enjoy French Toast Casserole

A dusting of powdered sugar
Topped with your favorite fresh fruit! Think strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, or even sliced bananas
100% pure maple syrup or pancake syrup
Topped with Homemade Whipped Cream or Cream Cheese Whipped Cream

Cranberry Bliss French Toast Variation

For a tasty winter twist on this overnight French toast casserole, we created a cranberry bliss variation! This would be great throughout the holiday season, especially on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning! Or for someone who just loves sweet cranberry flavor!

To make Overnight Cranberry Bliss French Toast, dollop whole berry cranberry sauce around the cream cheese dollops and sprinkle with white chocolate chips.

I prefer using Trader Joe’s whole berry cranberry sauce or my recipe for Classic Cranberry Sauce!

How To Store Leftover French Toast

Allow the casserole to cool completely, and then either tightly cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Or you can transfer leftovers into an airtight container.

Leftover French toast casserole can then be stored in the fridge for 2 to 3 days.

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Eggs Benedict Casserole With Hollandaise Sauce – Can be prepared the day before to save time!
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