Nutella and cream cheese baked French toast is the things dreams are made of. Fluffy bread schmeared with creamy Nutella and bits of tangy cream cheese are combined and coated in a rich custard. This is the perfect dish for any special occasion or for a fun, indulgent Saturday morning breakfast.
I’ve long had an obsession with the dreamy, creamy chocolate and hazelnut spread we know as Nutella. Guilty confession, I can totally eat it by the spoonful’s! Honestly, I’ve got no shame about it.
However, for those of you who have a little more class I have a options for you too! I mean, there’s the ever indulgent Nutella roll ah-mazing! But, for those of you who aren’t crazy about pastry making, I have another option for you.
Nutella and cream cheese baked French toast.
Nutella baked French toast is what breakfast dreams are made of. As if things couldn’t get any better, all the prep work happens the night before. Can’t you just hear the angel voices singing?!?!?
Now, there’s lots of different ways to make a stuffed French toast. Heck, there are numerous recipes floating around for Nutella French toast. However, this is on of my FAVOURITE ways to make French toast.
This version allows all the preparation to take place the night before and I’m all for make ahead recipes that allow me to just pop the food in the oven in the morning. That’s something I can do before I even have had one drop of coffee!
While I love the simplicity of tradition French toast, it’s truly one of my guilty pleasures. Oh how I love simple French toast with a sprinkle of sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. There are times where I need to be able to toss something in the oven and not think about it.
Enter the baked French toast.
Nutella sandwiches are made and ripped up, placed in a dish and layered with bits of cream cheese and then bathed in a delicious simple custard. The mixture sets overnight allowing the bread to soak up all the yummy custard. The final step is baking, and during the baking process the Nutella melts and creates almost a sauce of sorts and the cream cheese melts and creates little tangy puddles of goodness.
I adore the combination of the creamy and sweet Nutella agains the tangy bits of cream cheese. The two flavors truly balance one another. This is sweet enough on it’s on and truly doesn’t require any syrup for serving. Although, after baking I did drizzle a little melted Nutella over the top and it was truly devine!
This Nutella baked French toast is decadent and delicious. It’s perfect for Valentine’s day, Mother’s or Father’s Day, or any day you desire a meal that’s just a little more special.
Looking for more French Toast recipes:
- Baked hot chocolate French toast
- Biscoff and salted caramel hazelnut baked French toast
- Carrot cake baked French toast
- Lightened up French toast
Nutella and Cream Cheese Baked French Toast
Nutella and cream cheese baked French toast is the things dreams are made of. This is perfect for special occasions or for a fun Saturday morning breakfast.
Ingredients
- 12 Slices thick, white bread*
- 1 (14 oz) Jar Nutella
- 1 (8oz) Brick cream cheese
- 6 Eggs
- 1 1/2 Cups milk
- 1/2 Tsp vanilla*
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 Tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Spray a 9x9 pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl combine milk, eggs, vanilla, salt and cinnamon and whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Make 6 Nutella sandwiches. Spread a generous tablespoon of Nutella on 6 slices of bread, top with remaining bread slices.
- Rip the sandwiches in pieces, placing half of the pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Cut ( or pinch pieces) the cream cheese into pieces. Place half of the cream cheese bits on the bottom layer of bread.
- Top the mixture with the remaining bread and gently press the mixture down. Scatter remaining cream cheese over the top.
- Slowly pour the milk mixture over the casserole.
- Cover the casserole with plastic wrap, place in refrigerator and allow to sit for at least 2 hours or overnight.
To Bake-
- Remove from refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place the room temperature casserole in oven and bake for 30-45 minutes, until baked through and the top is slightly crispy.
- Remove from oven, drizzle more Nutella over the top if desired. Serve.
- Alternately, you may remove from refrigerator, place in a cold oven, turn oven on and all the casserole to come to temperature as the oven heats up. This will alter the baking time to 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Notes
*Brioche bread may also be used in place of plain, white bread.
*This is a great recipe to use up older, dried bread.
*Store brand hazelnut spread can be used in place of the name brand spread.
*I used cookie butter extract in place of vanilla.
*Any type of milk may be used, I used whole as I had that on hand.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 9 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 213Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 131mgSodium: 298mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 5gProtein: 10g
Nutrition is gathered and calculated based on the ingredients used by Nutritionix. Nutrition can vary for a recipe based on numerous factors such as precision of the measurements, brands of products, freshness of ingredients or the source of the nutritional data.