French Toast Strata

Ingredients:

1 loaf french bread
8 oz. cream cheese
cinnamon
nutmeg
8 eggs
4 cups half and half
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 TBS melted butter


1. Grease 9 x 13 dish
2. Cube entire loaf of French bread
3. Lay 1/2 the loaf across the bottom of the greased dish.
4. Crumble 8 oz. of cream cheese over the bread in dish.
5. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on it.
6. Lay other 1/2 of cubed loaf on top of cream cheese layer.
7. Beat 8 eggs. Add 4 cups half and half to eggs, add 1/4 cup maple syrup and 2 TBS of melted butter.

Pour mixture over top the bread dish now that is bread on bottom, cream cheese in middle and bread on top.
Let it sit OVERNIGHT in refrigerator.
Bake 350 for 30- 40 minutes until bread is toasty.

**Submitted by Heather Blue**