Toast the Morning - French Toast and Cinnamon Maple Butter
December 6th, 2007Next to pancakes, French toast is one of my favourite breakfasts. I think it’s because like pancakes, you slather them with maple syrup, my favourite condiment. Today’s recipes are from the Fabulous Fairholme Breakfast & Brunches cookbook. (We featured their Egg’s Benedict’s, in Breakfast, the Yummiest Meal of the Day. I recently made them and they turned out amazing)
French toast is easy to make and this one is prepared a day in advance. Ideal for the cottage. You make it at home and take it with you. If you don’t have a large glass pyrex 9 x 13 pan with a plastic seal tight cover, I recommend you invest in one.
Oven Baked Pecan French Toast
- 8 1 1/2″ slices of French bread or other thickly sliced bread
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3/4 chopped pecans
- 8 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- zest 1 orange (optional)
- pinch salt
Directions
Combine melted butter and maple syrup. Pour into large, deep cookie sheet or baking pan. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
Mix together the eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange zest and salt. Soak bread slices in the egg mixture until saturated. Place on top of maple syrup mixture.
Pour any remaining egg mixture over the bread. Sprinkle with more chopped pecans. Cover tightly and place in refrigerator overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden and puffy. Serve with warm maple syrup and powdered sugar. Mmmmmmm I can think of no nicer way to start you day.
If you just like toast for breakfast, you might like the next recipe. Cinnamon Maple Butter, I think of it as “cheaters french toast.” Its easy to make and tastes yummmy. Serves 8.
Cinnamon Maple Butter
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Soften butter to room temperature. Place butter, maple syrup and cinnamon in mixing bowl. Mix until light and fluffy. Serve at room temperature.
Cheers,
Julie
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