Blintz Brunch Bake Recipes

BAKED BLINTZES WITH FRESH BLUEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch cake pan or baking dish.
• For the batter, place all the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and blend until smooth. (You can also use a blender.) Pour half the batter (about 1 3/4 cups) into the prepared dish and bake for 10 minutes, until set.
• Meanwhile, for the filling, whisk together the ricotta, mascarpone, eggs, and sugar in a large bowl. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla, and salt and mix until thoroughly combined. Spread the cheese filling over the baked pancake. Carefully spoon the remaining pancake batter to cover the cheese.
• Return the pan to the oven and continue baking for 35 to 40 minutes, until the top is lightly golden and the filling is almost set. Remove from the oven and allow to stand 10 to 15 minutes. Cut the blintzes in squares and serve warm with the Fresh Blueberry Sauce.
• Combine the orange juice, sugar, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. When the mixture is translucent and thickened, stir in the blueberries and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, just until a few berries have burst but most are still whole. Stir in the lemon zest and lemon juice and cool.

BLINTZ BRUNCH BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Beat Neufchatel, ricotta, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup sugar, lemon zest and juice in large bowl with mixer until blended.
• Whisk remaining eggs, sugar, flour, butter, milk and baking powder in separate bowl until blended. Spread 1/3 of the batter onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with Neufchatel mixture, then remaining batter.
• Bake 45 min. or until center is set.

BLINTZ SOUFFLE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt the butter in a 2-quart casserole, and place the frozen blintzes on top of the butter in a single layer. Mix the eggs, sour cream, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, and orange juice in a bowl until thoroughly combined, and pour the mixture over the blintzes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is lightly browned, and a toothpick inserted into the center of the casserole comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

INA GARTEN'S BAKED BLINTZES WITH FRESH BLUEBERRY SAUCE RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• For the Blueberry sauce: Combine the orange juice, sugar, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan and boil, stirring occasionally, until translucent and thickened. Stir in the blueberries and simmer 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the zest and lemon juice and cool. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. For the pancake batter: Place all the ingredients of the batter in the bowl of a food processor with a steel blade or blender (or a whisk, ) and blend until smooth. Pour half the batter into the dish and bake 10 minutes, or until set. For the filling: Whisk all the ingredients together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Spread over the baked layer Next, carefully spoon the remaining pancake batter over the cheese layer. Return to the oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the top is light golden and the filling is set. Remove from the oven and let stand 10 to 15 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with blueberry sauce. NOTE: This makes a lot! You can cut this recipe in half. The night before, I made the pancake batter, but waited to add the baking powder right before making this. I also made the filling and the blueberry sauce the night before. This assembled beautifully, and baked perfectly. Warm the blueberry sauce, but don't boil it.

MAKE-AHEAD BLINTZ CASSEROLE

Steps:

• For filling, place first 6 ingredients in a food processor; process until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl., Place batter ingredients in food processor; process until smooth. Pour half of the batter into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Drop tablespoons of filling over batter; cover with remaining batter. Refrigerate, several hours or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. Remove casserole from refrigerator while oven heats. Bake 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add apples and lemon juice. Cook and stir 5-7 minutes or until apples are tender. Add brown sugar and salt; cook 1 minute longer or until thickened. Stir in extract; cool slightly. Serve with casserole.

BLINTZ FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE WITH BLUEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place bread in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs, egg whites, milk, syrup and orange juice until blended.
• Pour over bread; turn slices over to coat both sides. Set aside.
• For the filling, place cream cheese, ricotta and cottage cheese in a food processor or a bowl of an electric mixer; blend until smooth.
• Mix in eggs, sugar and vanilla.
• Butter a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish (or coat with nonstick cooking spray).
• Arrange 6 slices of bread on the bottom.
• Spoon filling over and spread evenly.
• With a spatula, place remaining bread over filling.
• Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake French toast until top is golden and casserole is puffed, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Serve with blueberry sauce or a store-bought sauce of your choice.
• In a medium saucepan, stir all ingredients together.
• Bring to a boil over moderate heat, and cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens slightly and sugar is dissolved, 8 to10 minutes.
• The sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.
• Sauce may be covered and refrigerated, up to 2 weeks.

OVERNIGHT BLINTZ BAKE

Steps:

• Coat a 9" x 13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, cream together all filling ingredients until smooth; set aside.
• In another large bowl, mix together all batter ingredients until well combined.
• Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Spoon filling evenly over the top of the batter. {You can go right up to the edges of the dish if you like.} Cover baking dish and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Remove the cover from the baking dish. Bake the blintz for 55 to 60 minutes, or until golden brown and center is set. Let Blintz stand for at least 10 minutes before serving.
• Cut squares and top with sour cream and preserves. Server warm.

BLINTZ BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Pour butter in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Arrange 6 slices of bread on top, overlapping slightly. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom; sprinkle half of mixture over bread. Top with remaining slices of bread, overlapping slightly. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, ricotta, salt, vanilla, and lemon zest; pour over bread. Sprinkle with remaining brown-sugar mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake, covered with parchment-lined foil, 30 minutes. Uncover; continue baking until browned, 15 minutes more. Top with blueberries and confectioners' sugar; serve.

BLINTZ CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Lightly coat a rectangular pan or glass casserole dish with butter or margarine.
• Set oven at 350 degrees.
• Place blintzes in single layer.
• Blend ingredients thoroughly and pour over blintzes.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Bake for 45 minutes.

BRUNCH "BLINTZ" CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, ricotta cheese, 2 of the eggs, 1/4 cup of the sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth; set aside.
• Stir flour, melted butter, remaining 3 eggs, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, milk and baking powder in separate large bowl; whisk until smooth.
• Pour 1/2 of the flour mixture into greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over flour mixture.
• Gently spoon remaining flour mixture over top.
• Bake at 325°F for 45 minutes or until set.
• Cut into squares.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.