Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole

Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole – Overnight Ham & Cheese French Toast Casserole – super easy to make and tastes amazing!! Sliced french bread slathered with honey mustard, stuffed with Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese and baked in an egg custard of eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Great for overnight guests and hectic holiday mornings. Can assemble the casserole and freeze too!

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Overnight Ham & Cheese French Toast Casserole

I am a big fan of overnight casseroles on hectic holiday mornings. Heck, I’ll take one any day of the week! This Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole is a favorite at our house. French bread, honey mustard, Canadian bacon, Swiss cheese baked in a french toast batter. YUM! Make this the night before and pull it out when you wake up and bake. SO easy and it tastes GREAT!!

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How to Make Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole

This casserole is very easy to make. Start with slicing a loaf of French bread into slices. Spread the front and back of each slice with some honey mustard. Place the bread in a baking dish. Sandwich Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese between each slice. Whisk together eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Pour the mixture over the bread, cover, and refrigerate overnight. Remove the dish from the refrigerator and bake.

  • Can use any bread you prefer – French, Italian, or Brioche all work well.
  • If you can’t find Canadian bacon, you can substitute sliced deli ham.
  • I used thinly sliced Sargento’s Swiss cheese. If you can’t find that, I suggest cutting each cheese slice in half unless you like a lot of cheese.
  • Can Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the casserole baked or unbaked.
    • To freeze the baked casserole, cool the dish completely. Cover with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze. To reheat, thaw completely, and bake covered in the oven at 350ºF until warm.
    • To freeze the unbaked casserole, pour the egg custard over the bread. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and press down on the bread. Add another layer of plastic wrap and then cover the dish with foil and freeze. Write the baking directions on the foil. To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed.
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Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole

Yield: 10 people
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole – Overnight Ham & Cheese French Toast Casserole – super easy to make and tastes amazing!! Sliced french bread slathered with honey mustard, stuffed with Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese and baked in an egg custard of eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Great for overnight guests and hectic holiday mornings. Can assemble the casserole and freeze too!

Ingredients:

  • 1 (16-oz) loaf French bread
  • cup honey mustard dressing
  • 20 slices Canadian bacon
  • 20 slices very thin Swiss cheese slices (Sargento's)
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 cups half-and-half
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • powdered sugar
  • raspberry jam

Instructions:

  • Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch each.
  • Brush both sides of bread slices with honey mustard and arrange the slices in the baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.
  • Place one slice of cheese and one slice of Canadian bacon between each slice of bread.
  • Whisk together eggs, half-and-half, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Pour over bread slices.
  • Cover with plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Remove casserole dish from refrigerator and uncover.
  • Bake uncovered for 45 to 55 minutes, until slightly puffed and eggs are set.
  • Sprinkle casserole with powdered sugar and top with raspberry jam, if desired.

Notes:

  • Can use any bread you prefer – French, Italian, or Brioche all work well.
  • If you can’t find Canadian bacon, you can substitute sliced deli ham.
  • I used thinly sliced Sargento’s Swiss cheese. If you can’t find that, I suggest cutting each cheese slice in half unless you like a lot of cheese.
  • Can Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the casserole baked or unbaked.
    • To freeze the baked casserole, cool the dish completely. Cover with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze. To reheat, thaw completely, and bake covered in the oven at 350ºF until warm.
    • To freeze the unbaked casserole, pour the egg custard over the bread. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and press down on the bread. Add another layer of plastic wrap and then cover the dish with foil and freeze. Write the baking directions on the foil. To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed.

Steph

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  1. Just prepped two pans of this for Mother’s day brunch tomorrow. Used Brioche and it smells heavenly already. Can’t wait to dig in tomorrow. Thanks for a great recipe!

  2. Used your recipe for Christmas breakfast and all enjoyed it.
    But today, I needed dinner in three hours so I used what I had. Two english muffins halved gave me 8 slices, I had 5 slices of swiss cheese also halved and a sandwich baggie of sliced ham. Spread the mustard and arranged the rest in a small casserole dish. Whipped 3 eggs with 1/2 T sugar, 1/4 T maple syrup and 1 cup of cream. Let it set for 2 hours and then baked for 45 mins. Turned out great, my husband is eating it up. He has diabities so did not use my daughter’s current jelly, but I did. Loved it

  3. We are confused. The instructions sound like you lay the bread down in the pan, however, the pictures look like the slices are standing up. We are avid followers and have enjoyed many of your recipes and Meow Mondays! This one has us baffled.
    Thank you!

    1. I don’t say to lay the bread down. I say to arrange the bread in the pan. You can see how the bread is arranged in my pan in the photos.

  4. I’m so trying this, but May I share a shortcut? I love the flavored creamers, and for French toast, I substitute the heavy cream for flavored creamer of my choice, and omit any other flavoring. I plan on doing that with this recipe. I’ll still use the milk as directed. I can’t wait to try this. It may be supper tonight!

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