Recipe: Maple Breakfast Bake
Description: At the cottage or for a decadent weekend breakfast, serve this sweet fruity bake.  It can be assembled the night before and refrigerated for ease of preparation in the morning.
Ingredients: [{"text": "1 loaf egg challah (or other firm white bread)"}, {"text": "1 (250 g) package cream cheese, light"}, {"text": "2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)"}, {"text": "8 eggs, beaten"}, {"text": "1 1/2 cups milk"}, {"text": "1/4 cup maple syrup"}, {"text": "1/4 cup butter, melted"}]
Instructions: Preheat oven to 350&deg;F.
Remove crust from bread; cut in 1-inch cubes (makes about 10 cups).
Cut cream cheese into cubes (makes about 1 cup).
Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.  Place half  the bread cubes in the dish.
Scatter cream cheese cubes and about half the blueberries over the bread.
Top with remaining bread cubes and blueberries.
In a bowl, combine eggs, milk, maple syrup and butter.  Carefully pour over bread mixture.
Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour, covering with aluminum foil if edges brown too much.  To serve, cut in squares.
Serve with additional maple syrup if desired.
