Baked Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast
So easy with the best cream cheese filling! Prep the night before and bake right before serving!
I finally opened my first can of pumpkin this season! Now it definitely doesn’t feel like fall just yet as it is hitting close to 100 degrees F outside here in Southern California but still – this french toast should be made all year long.
It’s pretty much pumpkin pie in french toast form. Except it’s unbelievably easy to make.
You can even prep everything the night before, toss it in the fridge, and throw it in the oven before serving the next morning.
It’s actually better that you make it ahead of time so those little pieces of bread can soak up all that pumpkin goodness.
And those bread cubes up there – those are King’s Hawaiian rolls. AKA – the best rolls in the world. And the only rolls to use when it comes to baked french toast.
Oh and you can’t forget that oozing cream cheese filling right in the middle layer. Imagine it to be a mini cheesecake filling in the middle of your french toast.
Amazing, right? And there’s no need for syrup here. From the sweet, fluffy King Hawaiian rolls to the cream cheese filling and crumbly crumb topping, you’re set.
Just pop this baby out of the oven and serve. It’s even better when eaten right out of the baking dish too. Why waste time plating?
Baked Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast
Ingredients
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (12-count) package KING'S HAWAIIAN Original Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls, cubed
For the crumb topping
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
For the cream cheese filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, sugar and cinnamon on medium speed until light and fluffy, approximately 2-3 minutes; set aside.
- In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together milk, pumpkin puree, eggs, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla.
- Lightly coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray. Place a layer of bread cubes evenly into the baking dish. Pour half of the pumpkin puree mixture evenly over the top. Spread cream cheese filling in an even layer. Top with remaining bread cubes and pumpkin puree mixture to completely cover the filling.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- To make the crumb topping, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add cold butter and toss to coat, using your fingers to work the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the bread cubes.
- Place into oven and bake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Serve immediately, sprinkled with pecans and confectioners’ sugar, if desired.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by King’s Hawaiian. All opinions expressed are my own.
Oh my gosh! I can’t wait to try this. French Toast is my favorite food in the world and this sounds like an amazing way to have it. I’ll have to go out and see if I can find the King’s Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them around here 🙁 . If they’re not available I’ll have to find a substitute. My husband will love this, too, and my Corgi’s will be begging for a taste 🙂 .
Use pepperidge farms pumpkin bread .. Hawaiian rolls and pepperidge parma ate at walmart
I love that you’re embracing fall, (I need to work on that) even though it’s still 100º in your area! It’s getting really chilly around here and I’m really dragging my feet about the colder weather coming – love the sunshine, but you can’t beat pumpkin weather either!
Oh this is something I need to make this weekend!!
It’s still toasty here in AZ too. Glad you aren’t letting the heat keep you from pretending it feels like Fall either! Love that crumb topping you’ve got on there – and that you can make it the night too!
I am kind of totally dying over this. Having a french toast loving husband who just started working days instead of nights, means that we can now eat breakfast together.
And you BETTA BELIEVE it’s gonna be this incr-edible thang! LOVE the cream cheese and streusel! Pinned!
Welcome fall and cooler weather my goodness does this look amazing. Perfect for Sunday fall brunch. The Hawaiian Rolls aka crack rolls with my friends and I. I can demolish a pack by myself I know I need help, LOL never ever thought of using them in french toast, brilliant. ♥
My husband loves bread pudding and this is almost like that but better with that cream cheese filling and pumpkin….Hello fall!!!
Wow it is a TRUE JOY for me to open a post from you that’s on the sweeter side and not a dinner or an app. Seriously it’s like 2012 all over and I love it!!! Your images are gorgeous and this will be a hiiiiiit!!!! I would love some right now. But the part where you said no need for syrup? There is always need 🙂