Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2008

this is ok. it is a little bland for my taste & I don't care for the soggy bread. I did follow the other reviewers advice & changed temp to 350. Baked for about 65 minutes. Spread the cream cheese on the trader joes cinnamon bread before I cut it up. Used apple pie filling (thought it would add more flavor). Used 7 eggs- but only 3 yolks. Used low-fat half & half.

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sciencebaer

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2008

This is a really yummy recipe, I made it almost to the tee of the recipe. Instead of dicing the cream cheese I did slabs and tried to cover as much area as possible. My suggestion for the cream cheese is to freeze it so that it is firm before cutting and then dice it for a more even spread. It doesn't have to be frozen solid but just enough to make it easier to manage and use a very sharp knife. I sprinkled brown sugar, cinnamon and about 1 1/2 oz. of raisins on the apples, then a little more brown sugar on top on the last layer of bread. After 45 mins of baking I popped under the broiler for a couple mins (watch closely!) to crisp up the top and dry out a bit more as it was still a tad too wet. Delicioso!

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Becky

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Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2008

It turned out pretty good. My coworkers loved it. I personally would add more raisins and cook a little bit longer than instructed. Other than that turned out pretty good.

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Kristina72913

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Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2008

Everyone loved this, I took the advise of others and did add some vanilla. I also whisked the cream cheese into the egg mixture so that it wasn't big chunks in the strata.

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GCPate

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Home Town: Santa Ana, California, USA

Living In: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2008

While I really liked this dish, my household wasn't thrilled by it as I had hoped, but they are wierd! Plus note, it keeps well and I had it each day for breakfast :)

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Shey

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Home Town: Garden Grove, California, USA

Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2008

Made this for a brunch at a friend's. It got rave reviews, but I wasn't too impressed. Tasted like a cross between a quiche & bread pudding.

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EROCK101

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2008

Gosh so frustrating. I'm blending two recipes in my mind. Well, I recall that the cream cheese is better in chunks than spread on the bread.

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Daydra

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Living In: Falls Church, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2008

made the recipe as is.... thought it was a little bland. I love cream cheese, but i don't think it adds anything to this. If i made it again i think i would leave it out.

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Sara

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2008

I recently made this for a brunch and everyone loved it!

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GINAH1

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Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2008

This was just okay. I'd rather just make Raisin French toast. Kinda dry.

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CHATTY304

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Living In: Rochester, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2008

I followed this recipe exactly. It was pretty good but it just seemed to be missing something - I can't put my finger on it... ah well. Thanx for the recipe!

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Ann in NC

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Home Town: Tampa, Florida, USA

Living In: Statesville, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2008

I was really excited to try this after reading the reviews. It just had very little flavor and the texture was not right. My husband and I tried some but my 2 sons wouldn't even have a taste. I will not be making this again.

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FERRARA129

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2008

I made this for my husband for Father's Day breakfast. He and my three kids went crazy over it! I followed the directions exactly other than using fat free half and half. It was wonderful!

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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2008

Loved this breakfast! I actually used about 3/4 of a loaf of Berlin Bakery (R) Righeous Raisin bread because it's spelt bread and I'm allergic to wheat. It was still absolutely amazing! Another small change I did was instead of cubing the cream cheese, I sort of sliced it in order to make it layer the whole dish. Last change was that I used whipping cream instead of half and half. I would recommend this recipe highly to anyone. It's delicious!

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RaLyLo

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Reviewed: May 7, 2008

this was really good. i made a few changes: used a bunch of stale homemade bread cubes, some super dry; used half the cream cheese in cubes, 6 eggs, baked in a smaller glass baking dish, about 1 1/2 cups milk and whipping cream mixed, 2 tbsp. butter, forgot the maple syrup completely. amazingly, it turned out really good and the whole family loved it. some recipes are just immune to tinkering, this must be one.

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Home Town: Lewistown, Montana, USA

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Reviewed: May 5, 2008

Just ok. Nothing special.

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Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2008

I was very dissapointed. I had high hopes for this Strata. I love the idea that you can prepare this beforehand. But the taste was bland (even though I added cinnamon to coat the apples). The texture was very mushy. THe raisins ended up tasting odd and the cream cheese didn't do anything. Too bad...it really sounded good.

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Ani

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Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2008

I made this for a baby shower brunch, and while I didn't try it, everyone raved about it (mommy-to-be, especially). I used french bread instead of raisin bread, so I added cinnamon and about 1/4 cup sugar and left out raisins. I used 7 medium sized eggs (didn't taste eggy at all, I was told). I microwaved the cream cheese for 15 seconds, added a drip of vanilla extract and 1/4 cup powdered sugar then spread it over the first layer of bread. I left it in the oven about 1 hour (I set the timer for 45, tuned the timer off when it went off, but forgot to take it out of the oven!) It was nicely cooked, however, very moist and slightly puffy. I drizzled a little syrup over the top after I took it out of the oven. No leftovers and have already forwarded the recipe to several guests.

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WENA75

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Home Town: Renton, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2008

YUM, was great. I spread cream cheese on bread, then cut into cubes. Used 6 eggs, 2 apples, extra raisins and about 1.5 cup half and half, also added cinnamon and vanilla extract to the egg mixture. Took it to work and it was devoured!

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Living In: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2008

This recipe was a big Easter Brunch hit!

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