Blueberry Breakfast Casserole
- 12 slices white or wheat bread, with crusts, toor cutrn into 1 - 2 " pieces
- 2 8 oz pkg cream cheese
- 1/3 c cream or milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 12 eggs
- 2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen, thawed
- 2 cups milk, or 1 1/2 c milk mixed with 1/2 c cream
- 3t butter
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
- Place bread in buttered glass casserole dish.
- Beat cream cheese and cream together. Add 1/2 tsp of the vanilla. Drop in blobs around casserole.
- Sprinkle 1 c blueberries over casserole
- Beat eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, and milk (or milk and cream mixture) with a pinch of salt and pour evenly over bread and blueberries in the casserole.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Bake at 350 for 30 - 40 min, until bread is puffed.
- To make the sauce, put maple syrup and remaining 1 c blueberries in saucepan and heat for a minute or two. Turn off heat and gently stir in butter and 1 tsp lemon juice. Serve sauce on the side.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/8267-blueberry-breakfast-casserole (may not work)