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Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast: A Breakfast Club Creation

Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast

An Exclusive Recipe by The Breakfast Club 

Located at: 1130 Fremont Blvd., Seaside, CA 93955

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Ingredients:

  • 15 Eggs
  • 2 cups Half & Half
  • 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • ½ of a 29 oz. Can of Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • ½ block Cream Cheese
  • 2 Loaves of French Bread

Directions:

  • Cut french bread into 1 inch chunks.
  • Mix eggs, half & half, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, pumpkin and vanilla well.
  • Add french bread to wet mixture, combine well.
  • Put half of mixture in a sprayed 13x9 inch pan.
  • Add dollops of cream cheese to mixture, spacing pieces evenly. (If cream cheese is placed in freezer, it can be cut and easily handled.)
  • Add remaining mixture on top.
  • Cover with foil, refrigerate overnight.
  • Cook at 350 degrees covered in foil for 1 hour (or until toothpick comes out clean).

To make these below, omit Pumpkin Puree and Nutmeg:

  • Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast
  • Coconut Cream Cheese French Toast
  • Peach and Cream Cheese French Toast
  • Strawberry Cream Cheese French Toast
  • Caramel Apple French Toast (Omit Cream Cheese)
  • Chocolate Chip French Toast (Omit Cream Cheese)
  • Eggnog French Toast (Substitute Half & Half with Egg Nog)