Breakfast/brunch

Blueberry Strata

photo by:kraft

Forget good morning—we're talking an awesome day in the making. Start it with rich cream cheese, bread, blueberries, eggs and cinnamon topped with warm berry syrup.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

13 hr 25 min

servings

total:

12 servings

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What You Need

slices firm white bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 8 cups)

cups fresh or frozen blueberries, divided

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cut into small cubes

eggs

2-1/2

cups milk

tsp. ground cinnamon

cup maple-flavored or pancake syrup, divided

1/4

cup packed brown sugar

Make It

SPREAD half the bread cubes onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with 1 cup blueberries, cream cheese and remaining bread.

WHISK eggs, milk and cinnamon in medium bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup syrup and sugar; mix well. Pour over bread. Refrigerate 12 hours or overnight.

HEAT oven to 350ºF. Bake strata, covered, 1 hour to 1 hour 5 min. or until center is set and top is lightly browned, uncovering after 30 min.

BRING remaining syrup and blueberries to boil in saucepan, stirring constantly; simmer on medium-low heat 1 min., stirring constantly. Serve over individual servings of strata.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese.

Use Your Microwave

To prepare blueberry topping in the microwave, combine remaining syrup and blueberries in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 to 2 min. or until syrup mixture is heated through when stirred.

Variation

Omit cinnamon and brown sugar. Substitute cinnamon-swirl bread for the white bread.

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gustavsonl

posted:5/14/2013

Made for Mom and family on Mother's Day. Everyone loved it! Added 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans to the blueberry/cream cheese layer. Used a bit more than 1/2 of the bread cubes in the bottom layer to fully cover bottom of baking dish. Will make again for sure.

iduna

posted:9/11/2012

it was delicious, however for a family of 4 you could easily only make half the recipe in a 9x9. After a couple days there was still a lot left.

mary2430

posted:7/13/2012

This recipe was very good. I would definitely make this again.

ktsprad

posted:4/9/2012

I made it with strawberries and strawberry syrup, and it was delicious. It was a bit more wet than with the blueberries, but it was still great. What a wonderful and versatile recipe!!

ReneeL09

posted:4/4/2012

It was amazing.....entire family loved it....served as a dessert and added a serving of vanilla ice cream on the side then drizzled the syrup and blueberries over the top of all of it... only thing i changed was instead of plain white bread i used cinnamon swirl bread...baked in exact same time... not too sweet..... perfect for a brunch or as a dessert... very much like bread pudding.... re-heated next day in micro and was just as yummy!!!

a cook

posted:3/20/2012

OMGosh !!! I can't wait to make this !!