I log on to Pinterest, and what do I see? A mouthwatering Strawberry Casserole looking at me!
I must say, It’s hard to stick with healthy eating if you like browsing through Pinterest. I constantly pin the tastiest looking foods, the ones I’m trying to stay away from. When I saw the Strawberry Cheesecake French Toast Casserole, I immediate pinned it to my “brunch” board. Lucky for me, my sister was browsing through Pinterest and saw it too. A few days later we were planning our Easter brunch when I mentioned the casserole. Yes, it was still on my mind, and I was looking forward to Easter which would be my “cheat day”! We talked about how good it looked, and my sister agreed to make it for our Easter Brunch. I couldn’t wait!
Although my sister changed up the recipe a little, it’s very similar to the casserole featured on Mom On Timeout. We both agree it’s a lot like a bread pudding, so we chose to call her version…
Strawberry Cheesecake Bread Pudding
Ingredients
- 12-14 slices of Hawaiian Sweetbread (We used Punalu’u Sweetbread)
- 12 oz light cream cheese
- 2/3 cup Organic Cane Sugar
- 11 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup half-and-half
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
Directions
1. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
2. Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
3. add sugar until fully combined.
4. Beat in 1 egg. Set aside.
5. Whisk together remaining eggs, milk, half-and-half, honey, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Set aside.
6. layer bread with cream cheese mixture. Add sliced strawberries onto cream cheese mixture. Place another slice of bread on top to create a sandwich. Do the same for all slices of bread.
7. Cut into cubes and place two-thirds of the sandwich cubes into baking dish.
8. Top with remaining strawberries and drizzle remaining cream cheese mixture over the top.
9. Place remaining sandwich cubes on top.
10. Finally, pour egg mixture over the top.
11. Press down lightly and cover with plastic wrap.
12. Refrigerate over night.
13. Remove from refrigerator and let it sit while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
14. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
15. Remove foil and bake for another 25-35 minutes or until the surface is golden and the center is set.
We served each piece with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. It was enjoyed by everyone, and I’m sure it’ll be requested again.
This is specifically why I try to avoid my pinterest feed. LOL! I always find stuff that I MUST make! This looks sooo good! Must….Look….away!
Hawaiian Sweetbread is awesome! I would also try making this with raspberries! Great spring treat! Love how easy this is to make.
As my son just said, “that looks yummy!” Looks like I’ll have to give this a try!
This is going to make for or happy family this week! We have made chocolate bread pudding as well as a more traditional one with caramel on top, but this one will be a hit for sure! 🙂 Thank you for the recipes!
Hope everyone enjoys it as much as we did!
Strawberry – Cheesecake- Bread Pudding..Oh my gosh! Three of my favorite things all rolled into one! I bet this dessert is as delicious as it looks. Thanks oodles for sharing 🙂
This looks absolutely amazing. I am pinning this one.
This looks so yummy. I will love to make this,.
OMG – this looks sooo amazing. I love this spring and getting fresh strawberries. This is a perfect way to use them, frozen or fresh.
OMG, looks so amazingly yummy! I love fresh strawberries, but this looks like it would be great with fresh or frozen berries!!
Oh my! This looks delicious! I’m definitely going to have to make this for my family soon. I’m going to have to share this with my mom, she loves bread pudding. Don’t think she’s ever thought to make one like this though.
This recipe looks dreamy! Bread pudding is my favorite dessert of all time, and the strawberries can only make it better!
my family loves cheesecake…going to have to make it this way.
Oh wow! It looks so good. I make homemade bread pudding all the time. Now i will definitely make this one. Thank you for the recipe.
This looks really good – great party dessert for sure!
I love finding yummy desserts and recipes on Pinterest. This one looks amazing, too.
I love strawberry cheesecake and bread pudding. I never thought about combining the two. This looks incredibly delicious. I know what I’ll be serving at my next family gathering.
I’ve never made anything like this before! It looks delicious and my family would love it!
This recipe uses Hawaiian Sweet Bread. That sounds delicious. I am going to make this amazing recipe! I really like the Strawberries and cheese together. Yummy!
Oh wow! Definitely worth pinning! Looks delicious!!
I’ve got to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of bread pudding, but this looks delicious. I would definitely give this a try, thank you for sharing this recipe.
This looks so good! I absolutely need to try this!
It’s definitely a must-try! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
This has to be awesome….my two favorite things…cheesecake and bread pudding…all in one recipe!