Croissant French Toast
This baked croissant french toast soaks buttery croissants in vanilla custard, bakes them golden, and tops them with a quick blueberry orange sauce for an easy, impressive brunch.
Servings 6
Calories 501kcal
Ingredients
- 6 large bakery croissants already baked and sliced in half (hamburger style)
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 2 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray a 9”x13” baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, heavy cream, vanilla extract and syrup. Whisk until smooth.
- Dip each croissant piece in the mixture and cover entirely. Dip the bottom slices first and top with about 1/2 cup blueberries. Next dip all top half croissant pieces into the mixture and place inside the baking dish, on top of their bottom piece. Top with additional blueberries, about ½ cup.
- Once all of the croissants have been fully coated with the mixture and placed inside the baking dish, place in the oven and bake for 35 minutes or until the tops of your croissants are golden brown.
- While the croissants are baking, mix together your blueberry-orange sauce.
- Over medium heat combine 1 cup blueberries, orange juice, sugar, cornstarch and orange zest. Stir until sauce thickens.
- Continue stirring for 5-7 minutes or until the sauce has reached a jelly-like consistency. Pour in a heat resistant bowl and set aside.
- When baking time is complete for the croissants, carefully remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5-10minutes.
- Once cooled, begin serving immediately topping with blueberry-orange sauce.
Notes
- Just like bread pudding and other bakes, slightly stale bread works best.
- You can use smaller croissants, just double them.
- The sauce is optional, you could also serve with maple syrup or powdered sugar.
- Use any fruit that you like, we love blueberries but this would be good with strawberries or raspberries, etc.
- This can be made up to 24 hours ahead of time stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 501kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 229mg | Sodium: 334mg | Potassium: 233mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 1277IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 2mg