Creamy banana French toast casserole
6
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 25 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 35 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Wholemeal bread
360 g, (12 x 30g slices), cut into quarters
Skim milk
1 cup(s), (250ml)
Maple syrup
½ cup(s), (125ml)
Egg(s)
6 medium
Light cream cheese
125 g
Banana(s)
4 medium
Rum
1 tbs
Vanilla bean extract, alcohol free
1 tsp
Lemon juice
2 tsp
Ground nutmeg
½ tsp
Ground cinnamon
½ tsp
Icing sugar
2 tbs
Oil spray
1 x 3 second spray(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly spray a 32cm x 23cm baking dish with oil. Stand bread quarters up in prepared dish to line sides and base in a single layer.
2
In a food processor, add milk, syrup, eggs, cream cheese, 2 bananas, rum, vanilla, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and process for 1-2 minutes, or until smooth. Slowly pour mixture over bread. Press bread into egg mixture, making sure bread is completely submerged. Cover with foil. Chill for 30 minutes, or overnight.
3
Just before baking, thinly slice remaining 2 bananas. Tuck slices between pieces of bread. Bake, covered with foil, for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for a further 10 minutes, or until golden brown and set. Sift icing sugar over top of casserole. Divide into 12 and serve.
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