'CARROT CAKE-STUFFED' FRENCH TOAST BAKE

'Carrot Cake-Stuffed' French Toast Bake image

Make the kids' sleepover extra special with our 'Carrot Cake-Stuffed' French Toast Bake. Made with cinnamon-raisin bread and a carrot cake-inspired cream cheese mix, there's a lot to love in our 'Carrot Cake-Stuffed' French Toast Bake. It'll be a morning they won't soon forget!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Spring 2019

Time 2h50m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar, divided
1 tsp. each ground cinnamon and vanilla, divided
12 slices cinnamon-raisin bread
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1-1/2 cups maple-flavored or pancake syrup

Steps:

Mix cream cheese, carrots, nuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/2 tsp. each cinnamon and vanilla until blended.
Place 6 bread slices on bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; spread with cream cheese mixture. Cover with remaining bread slices.
Whisk eggs and milk with remaining cinnamon and vanilla until blended; pour over ingredients in baking dish. Refrigerate 2 hours.
Heat oven to 350ºF. Bake French toast 30 to 35 min. or until center is set and top is lightly browned. Sprinkle with remaining sugar.
Serve with syrup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 350, Fat 13 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 70 mg, Sodium 220 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0.9859 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 4 g