Blueberry French Toast Casserole is loaded with blueberries, cubes of fluffy French bread soaked in custard, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a touch of sweetness from brown sugar crumble!
French Toast Casserole is great for feeding a crowd, it has all the flavors of traditional French toast without having to man the stove to make individual slices of French toast.
Why This Recipe Works
This easy French Toast Casserole recipe is fancy enough for celebrations or special occasions like Christmas morning. It’s a great way to use leftover day-old bread or stale bread. Love pancakes? Try this Blueberry Pancake Casserole.
A delicious breakfast casserole that can feed a large family with minimal effort, like these Blueberry Sourdough Scones! If you prefer to set it and forget it try my Slow Cooker French Toast.
Simple Ingredients
- Bread: I think French bread is the best bread for this casserole, but you can use other bread varieties like sourdough bread, brioche, challah, and croissants. Any of these options would work nicely.
- Blueberries: You can use fresh blueberries or thawed frozen blueberries.
- Eggs: Use large, if your eggs are medium or small you may want to add a couple more.
- Milk: Whole milk for the full richness in the flavor profile
- Spices: Cinnamon and ground nutmeg
- Vanilla extract
- Brown Sugar: Either light or dark will work. I also top it with optional powdered sugar
- Flour: all-purpose flour for topping
- Butter: keep it cold and cut into small pieces
- Pecans: or other chopped nuts for topping. You can omit the nuts if desired.
How to Make This Blueberry French Toast Casserole
- Step 1: In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, spices, brown sugar, and vanilla extract together.
- Step 2: Cut crusty French bread into 1-inch cubes and place in a large bowl. Pour egg mixture over the cubed bread toss to coat and let soak.
- Step 3: In a small bowl, add the topping ingredients. Use a pastry cutter or fork to blend together until crumbly.
- Step 4: Transfer soaked crusty bread to a prepared baking dish. Add blueberries with the topping on top of the French Toast Casserole. Sprinkle with crunchy topping on top and bake!
Recipe Tips
- This can be served as is, with powdered sugar sprinkled on top, or drizzled with real maple syrup.
- Super soft, fresh bread actually isn’t ideal. If your bread slices are a few days old, or even a little stale, they’ll soak up the egg custard mixture even better.
- Blueberries aren’t the only great option here. You can make this with any fresh berries. Strawberries and raspberries with the blueberries would really make this the best French toast casserole.
- Leftover casserole should be stored in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days in the refrigerator. Or freeze for up to 3 months, thaw before reheating in the oven.
Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Blueberry french toast casserole is golden and caramelized on the outside and soft and pillowy on the inside loaded with plump blueberries. Flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar crumble in every bite.
