Banana Stuffed French Toast

Banana Stuffed French Toast – bananas and cream cheese sweetened and stuffed in bread and cooked to perfection. This breakfast is always a hit!

BANANA STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

I was blessed with a really good memory when it comes to names. For example, I can name everyone in my kindergarten class along with a random fact about each person. Somehow I continued to accurately fill the slots in this computer brain of mine over the years with dates, names, and people.

Now…on any given day, I automatically start spewing the birthdays and anniversaries of random people from my past.

But…then I had kids. And they sucked the brain cells out of my head. I’m lucky if I can remember their names.

When I do something like book a flight for the wrong day or forget where I hid birthday presents, my husband will say, “Honey, your poor brain.”

Because he knew me as the girl who could remember his cousin’s best friend’s boyfriend and the names of everyone that came to our wedding…from his side.

The good news is that anything I had stored in my brain before kids, is still there. And I can still access it when I’m back in my hometown at Cafe Rio and run into half of my high school. Even if we weren’t friends, I probably know your name and your birthday. But it’s not really something I’ll let on, because from experience I found it freaks people out when you know everything about them when you hardly know them. It comes off a bit stalkerish, I guess.

You’ve got to smell this one cooking. Unbelieveable.

OTHER BREAKFAST RECIPES

• German Pancakes
• Healthy Oatmeal Pancakes
• French Toast Roll-Ups
• Jelly Roll Pancakes
• Cheesy Baked Eggs
• Confetti Bacon Hash Brown Casserole
• Martha’s Breakfast Casserole
• Blueberry Croissant Puff
• Banana Muffins
• Cinnamon Roll Breakfast Bake
• Fluffy Pancakes

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5 from 1 vote

Yield: 8 slices

Banana Stuffed French Toast

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

25 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Stuffing your bread before you griddle it makes for an amazing brunch. Make this banana stuffed french toast next weekend.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• Pinch ground cinnamon
• 3 ripe bananas peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds
• 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
• 1 large unsliced loaf French bread bread cut into 8 slices that are about 2 inches thick (See Note)
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• Nonstick cooking spray
• Confectioners' sugar for garnish
• Maple syrup for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt butter in a heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat. Once butter is melted add the brown sugar and pinch of cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar melts into the butter and becomes a sauce. Add bananas and toss together. Let cook until the bananas are soft and incorporated into the sauce. Remove to a bowl and let cool completely. Once cool, add cream cheese and mash lightly with a wooden spoon.
3. Using a paring knife, cut a 2-inch-long slits in 1 side of each bread slice (or croissant), cutting 3/4 of way through bread and creating pocket that leaves 3 sides of bread intact. Divide banana mixture equally among the bread pockets.
4. In a large bowl, add eggs, heavy cream, milk, cinnamon and rum and whisk to combine. Pour mixture into a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish. Put the bread into the egg mixture and let soak for 3 minutes, turning occasionally. Remove the bread from egg mixture, using a spatula, letting the excess drain off.
5. Spray a wire rack with nonstick spray and put the rack on a baking sheet. Put the bread on the rack and transfer to the oven.
6. Bake the French toast until it is golden brown and filling is hot, about 25 minutes. Transfer the toast on a serving platter and garnish with confectioners' sugar and maple syrup.
7. Note: I like the suggestion that Heather mentioned. She said croissants are amazing in this recipe.

Recipe Notes

Source: Down Home With the Neely's

Author: Christy Denney

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked french toast, banana stuffed french toast, banana stuffed french toast recipe