{"id":7061,"date":"2018-08-30T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbprowh2.local\/wpPriceChopper\/home\/?p=7061"},"modified":"2021-08-19T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:01:13","slug":"blueberry-french-toast-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/blueberry-french-toast-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueberry French Toast Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/BlueberryFrenchToastBake.jpg\" alt=\"Blueberry French Toast Bake\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/recipes\/1\/blueberry-french-toast-bake'><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/blueberry-french-toast-bake\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nostyle\"><span class=\"recTitle\">Blueberry French Toast Bake<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 30 minutes plus chilling and standing<br \/>\nBake: 1 hour \u2022 Serves: 15<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>12 <\/span>PICS large eggs<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>cups PICS half &#038; half<br \/>\n<span>1\/3 <\/span>cup PICS maple syrup<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon lemon zest<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>teaspoons PICS ground cinnamon<br \/>\n<span>1-1\/2<\/span>teaspoons almond extract<br \/>\n<span>2\/3<\/span>(16-ounce) loaf day-old sourdough or French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 10 cups)<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>packages (8 ounces each) PICS cream cheese, cut into cubes<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>packages (6 ounces each) blueberries (about 2 cups)<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup lightly packed PICS light brown sugar<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup water<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons PICS cornstarch<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon PICS unsalted butter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>In large bowl, beat eggs; whisk in half &#038; half, syrup, lemon zest, cinnamon and almond extract.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In 13 x 9-inch baking dish, evenly spread half the bread. Evenly top bread with cream cheese and half the blueberries; top with remaining bread. Pour egg mixture over bread mixture; press down gently with back of spoon to submerge bread. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0; remove French toast from refrigerator and let stand 30 minutes. Bake French toast, covered, 30 minutes; uncover and bake 30 minutes longer or until top is golden brown.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Meanwhile, in medium saucepan, whisk together brown sugar, water and cornstarch; heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Cook 2 minutes or until mixture starts to thicken, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in remaining blueberries; cook<br \/>\n4 minutes or until blueberries burst. Remove from heat; stir in lemon juice and butter. Pour blueberry mixture over French toast. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving:<br \/>\n342 Calories, 17g Fat (10g Saturated), 195mg Cholesterol,<br \/>\n274mg Sodium, 33g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 10g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Blueberry French Toast Bake Prep: 30 minutes plus chilling and standing Bake: 1 hour \u2022 Serves: 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakfast","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7061"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9848,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions\/9848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}