You are going to love this Blueberry Cream Cheese Croissant Breakfast Casserole with buttery croissants, blueberries, and zesty cream cheese all smothered in a blueberry sauce. Whether you make this as an overnight breakfast casserole or the day of serving, you will be obsessed with how easy it is to make.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Nut Free
Servings: 8
Author: Every Last Bite
Ingredients
6croissants
1 cupfresh or frozen blueberries
8ozcream cheesecold
6eggs
1 ½cupsheavy cream
1tspvanilla extract
½tspcinnamon
2tsplemon zest
2tbsphoneyor maple syrup
1tbspicing sugar
Blueberry Sauce
2cupsfresh or frozen blueberries
1tbsphoney
1tbsplemon juice
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit and grease a 7 x 11 baking dish with cooking spray.
Cut the croissants into large bite-sized pieces. Cut the cream cheese into small ¼ inch sized cubes
Place half of the croissant pieces in the casserole dish in an even layer and then scatter half of the blueberries and cubed cream cheese pieces overtop. Add the remaining croissant pieces and then top with the cubed cream cheese and blueberries.
In a bowl whisk together the eggs, cream, vanilla extract, cinnamon, lemon zest and honey until well mixed.
Pour the egg mixture over the croissants. Place a piece of plastic wrap over the casserole and use your hands to press down the croissants so that the croissant pieces are submerged (don’t worry about the top of the croissants). Transfer to the fridge for 20 minutes (up to overnight)
Remove the plastic wrap and transfer to the oven to bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean
While the casserole is baking add the frozen blueberries to a small pot along with the honey, lemon juice and ⅓ cup water. Bring to a gentle simmer and leave to cook for 15 minutes on medium low heat until the blueberries begin to break down. Transfer the sauce to a small pitcher.
Once the casserole is done cooking, add the icing sugar to a sieve and lightly dust the top of the casserole.