Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole {Overnight}
This easy Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole is an overnight french toast casserole with gooey cinnamon filling and drizzle of sweet cream cheese icing.
This is a sponsored post. The opinions and text are all mine.
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole {Overnight}
Whether you are hosting a brunch, making breakfast for the family, or trying to get the kids fed before sending them off to school this super easy, Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole is the right answer! No one can resist this delicious overnight french toast casserole packed full of cinnamon sugar flavor.
I think we can all agree best part of a cinnamon roll is the way the cinnamon, sugar, and butter bake together into this ooey, gooey, sweet, cinnamon filling. My Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole is a little different from other recipes. Instead of using store bought cinnamon rolls I’ve combined that awesome cinnamon-sugar filling with delicious brioche bread to really bring french toast and cinnamon rolls together.
Tips for making Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole:
- Choose the right bread – The best bread for french toast has to be Brioche or Challah bread. It is thick and slightly denser than other bread so it can hold up to all of the liquids you add to this recipe. If you can’t find either of those I recommend french bread.
- Dunkin’ Donuts Extra Extra creamer – This is my secret ingredient! Dunkin’ Donuts Extra Extra creamer isn’t just for coffee! It is made with real cream and real sugar, it’s the ultimate way to make your breakfast extra special. The rich, creamy flavor takes this overnight french toast casserole to a whole new level. If you want to go one step further it comes in a variety of flavors including vanilla and caramel so you can add even more flavor to your french toast casserole.
- Make it ahead of time – This is a dish that is best when it is made the day before. You put all of your ingredients together, cover it tightly, and let it sit in the fridge overnight. This gives the bread time to soak up the custard giving it that great french toast flavor and texture. Then the next morning you pull it out of the refrigerator and bake it until it is light, fluffy, and perfect toasted.
How to make Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole:
- Cut or tear bread into large chunks. You want them to be about 1-1.5 inch cubes.
- In a bowl mix together the softened butter, sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl add eggs, milk, Dunkin’ Extra Extra creamer, salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and vanilla extract (optional). Whisk together until fully combined. Set aside.
- Place half of the bread in a greased 9×13 inch casserole dish. Top with half of the butter, sugar, cinnamon mixture. Just scoop small spoonfuls of the mixture out and dot it all over the bread.
- Add the rest of the bread and top with the remaining butter, sugar, cinnamon mixture.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bread making sure to moisten all of it.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
- When ready to bake preheat oven to 375 degrees F. when it reaches the correct temperature place the casserole in the oven and bake for 45 – 55 minutes. Once done remove from the oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes.
- While the Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole cools make your icing. Mix together cream cheese and powdered sugar until it is fully combined and there are no lumps. Add Dunkin’ Extra Extra creamer (this makes it extra rich and creamy!!). Whisk until smooth then pour over slightly cooled casserole.
When it’s ready pour yourself a mug of coffee with some Dunkin’ Extra Extra Creamer, because you should always start your day a little extra, then cut yourself a slice, and take a big bite of the most amazing french toast casserole you’ve ever had!
CINNAMON ROLL FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE {OVERNIGHT}
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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 loaf Brioche Bread
- 1 stick Butter, unsalted
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 6 Eggs
- 1 cup Whole Milk
- 1 cup Dunkin Donuts Extra Extra Creamer
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, if you use Dunkin’ Donuts Extra Extra Creamer Vanilla or Caramel you can skip the vanilla extract.
Icing
- 6 ounces Cream cheese
- ½ cup Powdered sugar
- ¼ cup Dunkin’ Donuts Extra Extra creamer
Instructions
- Cut bread into large cubes (about 1 - 1.5 inch cubes).
- In a bowl mix together the softened butter, sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl add eggs, milk, Dunkin Donuts Extra Extra Creamer, salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, and vanilla extract (optional). Whisk together until fully combined. Set aside.
- Place half of the bread in a greased 9x13 inch casserole dish. Top with half of the butter, sugar, cinnamon mixture.
- Add the rest of the bread and top with the remaining butter, sugar, cinnamon mixture.
- Pour the egg mixture over the bread making sure to moisten all of it.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
- When ready to bake preheat oven to 375 degrees F. when it reaches the correct temperature place the casserole in the oven and bake for 45 - 55 minutes.
- Once the casserole is done baking remove from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes.
- While the casserole cools make the icing. Combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar, stirring together until there are no lumps.
- Add Dunkin’ Donuts Extra Extra creamer to the sugar & cream cheese mixture and whisk together until smooth.
- Drizzle the icing over the cinnamon roll french toast casserole and enjoy!
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Dunkin’ Donuts. The opinions and text are all mine.
It may be my oven but this is yet another pin that failed for me.. the top was pretty much burnt after 45min so I took it out thinking it was done (kinda hard to know for sure) after cooling the inside was not even done and I didn’t put it back in to keep cooking as I turned everything off and had starving kids to feed, plus I really didn’t want it to burn on the top even more or no one would have eaten it. It was still good just disappointed it didn’t turn out, maybe next time I’ll cook it with foil covered over it.
This happened to me and I did not follow my intuition to COVER the pan with foil as it cooked! Of course it wasn’t mentioned in the instructions but anyone who reads this should COVER their casserole with foil as it bakes at least for the first 30 mins. Maybe that would avoid the top from overcooking before the inside starts to cook. I currently had to put my dish back in the oven, COVERED, hoping that this will cook the inside of the dish and not have it so gooey. If it doesn’t work, oh well.
Hi Jessica, did you use a 9×13 dish to bake it in? Did you leave it overnight or for a few hours?
This is the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this so much.
Can you use a loaf of sourdough bread instead?
Sure, let me know how it turns out!
Changed this up a bit and it was fabulous. Instead of brioche, I used half large croissants and half Hawaiian sweet bread. Then I added a layer of cut strawberries and canned pears in three nurses and also on top, under the icing! Really out if this world!
I am so excited!! Cinnamon rolls are my favorite thing!!!
Can you suggest a substitute for the Dunkin Donuts Extra Extra Creamer. I live in Canada where it is not available.
You can use heavy cream with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
I love this recipe! I’ve made it twice so far and plan on using it as a Christmas Breakfast tradition! I did add zest of one orange to the egg mixture before pouring it over the bread. It adds a bit of brightness in flavor to the dish, and helps to balance the sweetness. Thanks again for a great recipe!
This recipe is sooo good. I made it for Christmas morning, and i will definitely make it again. It tastes just like cinnamon rolls.
This recipe is terrific! I just made it for today (New Year’s Day). It came out perfect and was just right for a special occasion. Thank you for sharing this great french toast with us!!
Hello ladies,
If one were to add raisins (and this raisin lover does), would about a cup added to mixture before refrigeration be fine?
Thanks, Bonita
I like that idea! Yes I think 1 cup will be plenty and adding it before refrigerating is fine.
Is it necessary to let it sit overnight? Can you let it sit for an hour instead before baking if you’reshort on time?
You don’t have to let it sit overnight. If I’m in a hurry I pour the liquid on and then press gently down on the bread to help it absorb the liquid. Then let it sit for however long you can before baking. Still delicious!!
This was amazing .. I actually had some leftover bread that I accidentally made too dense .. this recipe worked perfect! Especially because we usually have Dunkin creamer on hand.
Hi – so I couldn’t find extra extra creamer anywhere…I bought sweet cream creamer instead. Should I add anything to it to sub for the extra sweetness or leave as is? I’ve made this before with the correct creamer and it was amazing and I was truly bummed out when I couldn’t find it again!
I think it would taste pretty similar. I use sweet cream creamer in my coffee and it’s pretty sweet.
Super good. Used left over hamburger buns, dried out in the oven a little. Thanky for this.