American · Breakfast

Stacked French Toast with Berries

Name: Stacked French Toast with Berries
Total time: 1 h 42 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 g strawberries, hulled and quartered; 170 g raspberries; 250 g blackberries; ¼ cup sugar; 340 g whipped cream cheese, at room temperature; ¼ cup powdered sugar; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 lemon, zested; 480 ml half-and-half; 6 large eggs; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp nutmeg, freshly grated; 12 slices thick-cut white bread (Texas toast); 4 tbsp unsalted butter, for cooking; 240 ml maple syrup; 2 tbsp powdered sugar

Thick slices of bread soak in a rich custard, brown on a griddle and are stacked with lemon-vanilla cream cheese, sugared mixed berries and maple syrup. It stays crisp outside and cakey inside.

YieldServes 4 to 6
Hands-on40 min
Total1 h 42 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Berries

300 gstrawberries, hulled and quartered
170 graspberries
250 gblackberries
¼ cupsugar

Cream cheese

340 gwhipped cream cheese, at room temperature
¼ cuppowdered sugar
1 tsppure vanilla extract
1lemon, zested

French toast

480 mlhalf-and-half
6large eggs
2 tbspsugar
2 tsppure vanilla extract
1 tspground cinnamon
¼ tspnutmeg, freshly grated
12 slicesthick-cut white bread (Texas toast)
4 tbspunsalted butter, for cooking

To serve

240 mlmaple syrup
2 tbsppowdered sugar

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Birds' eggs (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Berries (any)
Strawberry
Raspberry
Blackberry
Citrus fruits (any)
Lemon
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Vanilla
Yeast
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol
Maple (syrup and sap)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp
Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: moderate

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