Strawberry French Toast Casserole with Citrus Drizzle
This French Toast Casserole will have your mouthwatering with its sunny strawberries, citrus cream cheese drizzle, and cinnamon pecan crumble. It’s gluten free and delicious!
Ingredients
French Toast
- 1 Loaf Gluten Free White Bread 14-16oz
- 1 ½ Cups Milk
- 6 Eggs
- ¼ Cup Butter, Melted + More for Greasing Baking Dish
- 1 ½ tsp Vanilla
- ¼ Cup Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1 ½ tsp Cinnamon
- 1 ½ Cup Strawberries, Sliced
Crumble
- 2 Tbsp Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour
- ½ Cup Pecans, Chopped
- 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar, Packed
- 2 Tbsp Butter, Melted
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
Drizzle
- 2 Ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
- 2 Tbsp Frozen Whipped Topping
- 3 Tbsp Powdered Sugar + More for Garnish
- 2 tsp Orange Juice
- ½ tsp Orange Zest + More for Garnish
Instructions
Dry Out the Bread
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees
- Cut bread into 1-inch squares and place on a baking sheet.
- Place bread in the oven for 12 minutes (just enough to dry it out, but not toast it).
Make the Crumble
- While the bread is drying out in the oven, add the crumble ingredients to a medium-sized bowl and mix by hand until well combined.
- Set aside.
Make the French Toast Casserole
- After removing the dried bread from the oven, increase the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- Grease a 9 X 13 baking dish with butter.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk 1/3 cup of brown sugar and ¼ cup of freshly melted butter until smooth.
- Whisk in the eggs, milk, vanilla and 1 ½ tsp of cinnamon.
- Add the bread and 1 cup of the sliced strawberries into the mixture and stir until they are completely coated.
- Place the bread mixture into the baking dish, spreading it out to the edges.
- Distribute the remaining strawberries evenly on top of the mixture.
- Sprinkle the pecan crumble throughout the top of the casserole.
- Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove foil and continue baking for about 10 minutes (begin making drizzle during the last 10 min).
- Remove from the oven when it’s warmed through and has a slight crisp on top.
Make the Drizzle
- Add the cream cheese, frozen whipped topping and powdered sugar to a small saucepan.
- Warm over low heat, whisking ingredients together well as it heats and stirring constantly.
- Once the cream cheese mixture is smooth, stir in the orange juice and orange zest and continue heating and stirring for a couple of minutes. You’ll want the mixture to be thin enough to drizzle.
Add the Garnish
- Lightly dust the French toast casserole with powdered sugar.
- Add the drizzle the top using a back-and-forth motion.
- Top with a little orange zest, serve and enjoy!