Baked Berry & Chévre French Toast
 
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If you like, prepare (without baking) and refrigerate overnight to bake the next morning. If, as you prepare this dish, you feel it is dry whisk another egg with ¼ cup milk and add. It is forgiving like that.
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: Breakfast
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • Bread Ingredients
  • 8 large eggs
  • 1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
  • 3 cups low-fat milk
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup small curd 1% fat cottage cheese
  • 1 cup non-fat Greek yogurt
  • 8 ounces chèvre, goat cheese, softened
  • 1 loaf challah or soft Italian bread cut into 1-inch cubes (about 8 cups)
  • Berry Ingredients 
  • 8 ounces strawberry or blueberry jam
  • 1 cup strawberries, tops removed and chopped
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 3 tablespoons peach schnapps or orange juice
Instructions
  1. Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and yogurt until evenly combined. Whisk in the milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth and the sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
  3. In a small bowl, mix the cottage cheese, yogurt and chèvre until smooth. Set aside.
  4. In a small bowl, coat the strawberries and blueberries with the jam and schnapps. Set aside.
  5. Fill the baking dish with half of the bread cubes. Dollop the cheese mixture over the bread, followed by the berries, then top with the remaining bread.
  6. Pour the egg mixture over the bread. Gently press the bread so that the top cubes become immersed in the egg mixture. Allow to rest while preheating the oven, pressing the bread into the egg mixture from time to time.
  7. Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 45-60 minutes or until the top is golden and the center is set. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup or topping of your choice.
Recipe by phoebe's pure food at https://www.phoebespurefood.com/baked-berry-chevre-french-toast/