Stuffed french bread is one of my favorite things to make for a crowd, and it's so incredibly easy to prepare. Baguette bread is hollowed out, filled with a mixture of creamy almond yogurt frosting and fresh strawberries. The whole loaf is kept in the fridge until it's ready to serve! Keep scrolling for the step-by-step instructions
Ingredients Used to Make Stuffed Bread
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- Baguette (French Bread) - Recipe is for a 12 inch loaf, so double or triple recipe for the full-sized loaves
**Gluten-Free Option: you can now buy gluten-free baguettes in most grocery stores, if not, online.
- Fresh Strawberries
- Almond Butter Yogurt Frosting - ingredients shown below. See full recipe here
How to Make
How to Make Strawberry & Cream Stuffed French Bread Loaf
STEP 1
To the prepared almond yogurt cream, stir in chopped fresh strawberries
STEP 2
Hollow out the baguette: First, slice the ends of the baguette and CAREFULLY use a long serrated knife to hollow out the center of the loaf, leaving the half an inch of crust in tact.
TIP: longer baguette loaves are harder to hollow out, so I usually cut the longer ones in half and work with shorter (6-inch) loaves
STEP 3
Spoon in the almond yogurt cream into the baguette starting from one end, pushing down the filling so that it is well stuffed. Stuff the other side with filling.Store the stuffed baguettes in the fridge for 30 minutes (up to 1 day).
STEP 4
Store the stuffed baguettes in the fridge for 30 minutes (up to 1 day).
STEP 5
Slice before serving. The leftover slices can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. The yogurt filling inside the bread keeps the bread somewhat soft, even when stored in the fridge.
Recipe Variations and Optional Add Ins:
- Any fruit works for this recipe! Try raspberries, blueberries, pineapple, melon, etc. Even canned fruit cocktails work.
- If you don't have the ingredients for the almond yogurt filling, you can use cream cheese (vegan or dairy, your choice)
- You can also stuff the baguettes with icecream or cheesecake!
- How about chocolate & strawberry stuffed baguettes? Fold in 2 Tbsp of cocoa powder to the filling mixture
- With natural flavoring / extracts. Feel free to add a teaspoon of vanilla extract (I didn't feel like it was essential so I left it out in this recipe), or other flavorings or extracts, such as almond extract, or lemon extract. Citrus peels like orange peels are great, too.
More Indulgent Variations
How to Make this Stuffed French Bread Healthier
- To increase texture and nutrition: try adding to the filling a handful of nuts, seeds and old-fashioned oats
- To add antioxidants: cinnamon, matcha and turmeric are all good sources of antioxidants! Add a teaspoon or two of some of these superfood powders to make this recipe even better
- To increase fiber: Add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed or coconut flour.
- For a protein boost, you can also add a Tablespoon of protein powder of your choice, like this unsweetened plant-based protein powder.
What are some ways you can eat these?
- Plain and warm, served with other fresh fruits
- Dipped in an egg and milk mixture = French toasted stuffed french bread (what a mouthful!) 🤣
- Sprinkled with powdered sugar or with a dollop of whipped cream
How to Store
- You can store the uncut loaf or slices of the stuffed bread in the fridge up to 3 days. This is a perfect make-ahead party appetizer, so you can make this the day before and slice when you're ready to serve to guests!
Final Tips
- After stuffing the bread with the strawberry & cream mixture, let the bread cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes before slicing. This step lets the filling inside the bread cool and set, so that the stuffing stays in when you slice the loaf
- Use a sharp, serrated knife to cut the bread
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Ingredients
- 1 loaf french bread loaf (12 inches long)
- 1 cup chopped strawberries
- 1 recipe almond yogurt filling *go to recipe
Instructions
- To the prepared almond yogurt cream, stir in chopped fresh strawberries
- Hollow out the baguette: First, slice the ends of the baguette and CAREFULLY use a long serrated knife to hollow out the center of the loaf, leaving the half an inch of crust in tact
- TIP: longer baguette loaves are harder to hollow out, so I usually cut the longer ones in half and work with shorter (6-inch) loaves
- Spoon in the almond yogurt cream into the baguette starting from one end, pushing down the filling so that it is well stuffed. Stuff the other side with filling.
- Store the stuffed baguettes in the fridge for 30 minutes (up to 1 day).
- Slice before serving. The leftover slices can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. The yogurt filling inside the bread keeps the bread somewhat soft, even when stored in the fridge.
Kat says
This looks so pretty! I love all the variations, Bora! 😻
Annie says
I can’t wait to try this. Do you know of a paleo version of baguettes?
All Purpose Veggies says
Hi Annie, I don’t know any paleo baguettes that are store-bought, but it looks like Paleo Grubs has their own recipe for french bread (recipe here)