Blueberry Croissant Bake

5 from 30 votes

Blueberry Croissant Bake is a delicious breakfast recipe. With flaky croissants, blueberries that burst in your mouth and a cream cheese custard.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Breakfast, brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: Western

Keyword: blueberry croissant bake

Servings:

Calories: 567kcal

Author: Adrianne

Ingredients

4 large croissants Note 1
1 ½ cups blueberries Note 2
250 grams/7 oz cream cheese room temperature
⅓ cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice Note 3
3 medium eggs free range
250 ml/1 cup heavy cream

To serve (optional):

icing sugar
blueberries
vanilla custard

Instructions

Preheat your oven: to 180°C / 350-375°F / Gas Mark 4-5 (Note this is a necessary step, however, you can do it after you have combined the dish whilst it soaks up the custard for 15-20 minutes).
Baking dish: grease a baking dish with cooking spray.
Prepare the croissants: use a knife and chopping board to cut the croissants into pieces. Then place the pieces into the greased baking dish.
Blueberries: add the blueberries to the croissant pieces. Push some of them down into the base of the dish also.
Cream cheese custard: add the cream cheese to a hand held mixer and beat. Then add the sugar and combine. Next pour in the vanilla extract followed by the lemon juice. Add the eggs and combine. Then pour in the cream and mix till the custard is smooth and consistent.
Combine: pour the cream cheese custard over the top of the baking dish with the croissants and blueberries.
Let soak: allow 15 to 20 minutes for the dish to soak up the custard before baking.
Oven bake: place the baking tray into the preheated oven and baked uncovered for 20 minutes. Then use oven mits to remove the dish, place it onto a heat proof surface, cover it with aluminium foil and return it to the oven for an additional 25 minutes. Note 4
Serve: once you have removed the baking dish from the oven, place it on a heat proof surface and discard the alfoil. Then use a small sieve to sprinkle icing sugar (confectioners sugar) over the top. Once done take a sharp knife and cut the casserole into slices. Drizzle vanilla custard over the top and serve with additional fresh blueberries.

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Notes

Note 1 - Croissants: these are large bakery style croissants. You will likely be able to get them from your local supermarket but if not, head to the bakery. If you can't get a large size, you can use 6 smaller ones or 12 mini croissants.
Note 2 - Blueberries: this is approximately 200 grams.
Note 3 - Lemon juice: store bought bottled lemon juice is totally fine to use. Or you can use a real lemon in which case, zest it and sprinkle that over the top to serve also! 👌
Note - Cooking time: this dish will take 45 minutes to bake. During that time the custard sets so that the bake can be sliced into pieces. To test if it is cooked through, you can use a tooth pick and pierce it into the centre of the dish. If it comes out clean the dish is ready. If it still has wet custard on it, cook it for a little longer and then retest.

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