This easy Baked Cherry Cheesecake French Toast Casserole is the breakfast of your dreams! Just 5 minutes of assembly and you’re ready to pop it in the oven. Breakfast has never been this delicious! Love breakfast as much as we do? Try these favorites too: Lemon Blueberry Scones, Cranberry Almond Breakfast Cookies, and Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins!
French Toast Casserole
I swear this will be my last cherry recipe for awhile, like, pinky promise it’s the last one. I’m the first to admit I’m addicted to all things cherry. Especially cherry for breakfast like this Baked Cherry Cheesecake French Toast Casserole.
My boys are big time breakfast eaters. They get that from me. Chris could take it or leave it but me and the boys – we want something goooood, every morning. Of course they have their favorites like sausage gravy and biscuits (which I swear I make at least once a week) and they are HUGE fans of these blueberry breakfast parfait pops (popsicles for breakfast? yes please!).
But every now and then I’m able to tempt them with something new and fabulous and a brand new favorite is added to the list.
Last year I shared this Overnight Strawberry Cheesecake French Toast Casserole which will rock your world, promise. The thing is, we just love cherry cheesecake so why not turn that into a fantastic French toast casserole as well?? Duh!
I love this recipe because it’s so easy, a kid can make it. It takes a handful of ingredients and the flavors are AMAZING.
What You Need To Make French Toast Casserole
You’ll find all the usual ingredients here that you would expect to see with French Toast plus a few more to make this a cherry cheesecake French Toast Casserole:
- French baguette or batard
- cream cheese
- cherry pie filling
- eggs
- milk
- half and half
- maple syrup (the real stuff!)
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- vanilla extract
Now the fun part is you can totally customize this easy breakfast casserole recipe by simply changing out the pie filling flavor. Like go with apple or peach if you prefer!
This recipe takes five minutes to pull together – tops. An hour in the oven and your entire family will be treated to the most amazing breakfast EVER.
Sweet and delicious this french toast is baked with maple syrup inside but it’s totally up to you if you want to drizzle a little more on. I, who happen to have a very BIG sweet tooth, think it tastes better without.
I really do hope you give this recipe a try – and soon! It quickly became a favorite with us and makes an appearance regularly. We love it for special holidays like Christmas and Easter but also love to make it on the weekends. So yummy you guys!
More Breakfast Favorites To Try
- Baked Bacon
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Homemade Biscuits
- Sausage and Egg Hash Brown Cups
- Easy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole
How To Make Baked Cherry Cheesecake French Toast Casserole
Baked Cherry Cheesecake French Toast
Ingredients
- 12 oz French baguette cut into 1-inch cubes, about 5 cups
- 8 oz cream cheese cut into 20 cubes
- 21 oz cherry pie filling
- 6 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup maple syrup the real stuff!
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Spray an 8-inch or 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
- Place half of the bread on the bottom of the dish.
- Place the cream cheese cubes on top of the bread.
- Spoon half of the cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese.
- Top with the remaining half of the bread cubes.
- Whisk together remaining ingredients (eggs, milk, half and half, syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla).
- Pour over the top of the bread layer.
- Spoon the remaining pie filling over the top and cover with foil.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Let french toast sit while the oven is preheating, allowing the bread to absorb some of the egg mixture.
- Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes covered. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
- Let cool slightly before serving with additional maple syrup if desired.
Nutrition
Originally published February 12, 2015.
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Christina says
Thank you for this delicious looking recipe. I love cherries and cream cheese makes it even better.
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
OMG! You could serve this for dessert. Very special for a wonderful Sunday brunch. Yet if I had this for a weekday breakfast I am sure I would dance thru the rest of the day.
heather @french press says
oh baby! I HAVE to add this to my breakfast list – it looks like it will be a favorite in my house for sure!! You win at breakfast Trish
Tonia from TheGunnySack says
I’ve been addicted to all things raspberry but this cherry recipe just might make me change my mind!
Amy Huntley says
My mouth is watering right now! Making this very soon!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much Amy!
Amy @ Amy's Healthy Baking says
I want to have breakfast at your house! I’ll totally eat Chris’s share of whatever you make. And no need to stop with the cherry recipes — I love them! Pinned!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! Sounds like a plan to me! Thanks for the pin girl!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
I like all the cherry recipes! Keep them coming I say 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Yay! Thanks Laura!
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
This looks AMAZING, Trish! 🙂 I need to make this asap.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Carrie! It was a huge hit here 🙂
Mir says
You’ve had an amazing run with all things cherry, Trish! And this is no exception. I love how easy it is!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I’m addicted, what can I say? Thanks Mir!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
So many good things going on here! I just made my first overnight french toast! I can’t wait to make another. I love this!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Aren’t they the best? So easy and YUMMY! Thanks Julianne!
Katherines Corner says
I invite you to share this yumminess at my Thursday hop. You can link up through Sat midnight. xo
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Katherine!
Kathleen @ yummy crumble says
This looks amazing! I would love to make this for a special morning. I’m loving your cherry recipes 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much Kathleen! This recipe is so easy, it’s good for almost any morning 🙂
June Burns says
Now that sounds like my kind of french toast! Cheesecake for breakfast, yesss 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
LOL! Thanks June!
Vickie says
Trish, could you please describe the texture of this dish? It looks amazing but would like to know, does it have the bite of a bread pudding? What makes it a “French toast” as opposed to a bread pudding?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Sure Vickie! Bread pudding is much more dense than this. French Toast Casserole would be more accurate I suppose. It has the texture of French Toast that you would expect, just in casserole form. Hope that helps!
Gina says
We are so on the same page. I’m actually working on something similar right now. YUM!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Great minds and all 😉 Thanks Gina!