Stuffed And Baked French Toast

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (8 ounce) container whipped cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 3/4 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
• 2 cups milk
• 5 eggs
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 loaf challah (i use french bread) or 1 loaf egg bread, cut into 3/4 -thick slices (i use french bread)
• confectioners' sugar (icing sugar)

Recipe

• 1 combine cheese, pecans, brown sugar, syrup and 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon;reserve.
• 2 whisk together milk, eggs, 1/4 cup sugar and vanilla.
• 3 reserve 2 bread slices. spread one side of each remaining bread slice with cheese mixture; layer at an angle in 13" by 9" well-greased baking dish, cheese-side up, ending with reserved plain bread slices.
• 4 pour milk mixture evenly over slices.
• 5 cover dish with plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight.
• 6 preheat oven to 350°f remove plastic wrap.
• 7 combine remaining granulated sugar with cinnamon; sprinkle over slices.
• 8 bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and egg mixture is set.
• 9 sprinkle with confectioners' sugar just before serving.