📋 Raspberry Cream French Toast Sandwich recipe

This decadent Raspberry Cream French Toast Sandwich is filled with a delicious creamy raspberry mascarpone filling and baked to perfection in the oven. It can be made ahead and it's the ideal fancy French toast for any special occasion or brunch!

Course Breakfast, brunch

Cuisine American, Canadian

Keyword breakfast sandwich, french toast, raspberry, sandwiches

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 18

stand 5

Total Time 45

Servings sandwiches

Calories 526kcal

Ingredients

1 cup mascarpone cheese
1 cup frozen raspberries defrosted and drained
¼ cup brown sugar
1 loaf French bread, cut into 12 slices of bread
3 whole eggs
1 cup milk * I use 1%
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt

Garnish

¼ cup sliced almonds
icing sugar for dusting
fresh raspberries (optional)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F/ 230 degrees C and spray a baking sheet/cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray
Filling: place mascarpone cheese in medium bowl and stir and mash raspberries and ¼ cup brown sugar together.
French toast: slice 12- ½ - ¾ inch pieces.
Spread mascarpone mixture over 6 slices. Top with remaining bread slices.
Place sandwiches in 9 x 13 oblong container, bunching close together.
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with milk and remaining 2 tablespoon of brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Pour over sandwiches and turn each sandwich to soak up egg mixture and fully coat.
Space sandwiched apart, so they are not touching, on prepared baking sheet and bake until golden on bottom -about 10 minutes.
Flip sandwiches to other side with large spatula.
Continue to bake until golden brown on both sides - about 8 additional minutes.
Let sit for 5 minutes before dusting with icing sugar. Sprinkle on almonds.

Garnish

Serve with maple syrup and whipped cream and additional raspberries, if desired

Notes

💭TOP TIP

Make sure you use a thick slice of bread or it will get too mushy.

📖SUBSTITUTIONS & VARIATIONS

Mascarpone Cheese - you could substitute cream cheese
Raspberries - you could use frozen or fresh. * Just make sure to defrost frozen berries and drain off excess liquid before mixing with cheese.
Bread - use a thick white bread
Gluten-free - gluten free bread instead of French bread to make this gluten free
Weight Watchers friendlier - use a non-fat cream cheese , using ½ the amount of filling and 647 White bread. Here is a good resource guide for WW breads. I would also recommend using a low sugar (or sugar-free, if you prefer) syrup.

🌡️STORAGE

I made these French Toast Sandwiches (with raspberry cream) a day in advance, but I didn't put it together until just prior to serving (or else it would have gotten too soggy).

I sliced the bread and put it in a ziplock bag and stored at room temperature.
Then I mixed the raspberries, mascarpone cheese and brown sugar in one container.
And I whisked the egg, milk, vanilla, brown sugar and cinnamon in another separate container.
I stored both those containers in the fridge overnight. In the morning, just prior to baking, I whisked the egg mixture together again

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