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Crunchy French Toast With Fruit Topping

Crunchy French Toast With Fruit Topping

CRUNCHY FRENCH TOAST WITH FRUIT TOPPING

 

Thick Texas toast dredged in a cinnamon batter then coated with crushed cornflakes and almonds with a delicious fruit topping and served with candied bacon. Yum!

Thank goodness for off days. Am I right, lol. This french toast recipe is the best ever…Just saying =) It takes a little time to put together but its totally worth the effort.

WHAT YOU NEED

eggs
half and half
vanilla extract
salt
nutmeg
cinnamon
corn flakes
sliced almonds
butter
texas toast
orange
strawberries
blueberries
bananas
maple syrup
applewood smoked bacon
brown sugar
sugar

 

HOW TO MAKE IT

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Set the bacon on a slotted broiler pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and place in the oven to bake until crisp, about 25 minutes.

Preheat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat. In a shallow dish, beat together with a wire whisk: eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon. 

In a second shallow dish combine flakes and nuts. Use a potato masher to crunch them up.

Add 2 tablespoons butter to warm skillet. Place a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper near the stove. Coat 4 to 6 slices of bread in egg, depending on the size of your skillet, then coat the bread in cornflakes and nuts.

Cook slices 2 minutes on each side.

 Transfer toast to the cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining slices and transfer toast to the oven. Bake 10 minutes, with already cooking bacon. While bacon and toast are in the oven, juice half an orange. Sliced the rest and other fruit, combine fruit, and 1 tbsp sugar and juiced orange in a serving bowl and reserve.

Remove toast and bacon from the oven. Warm syrup in a small pitcher in microwave 15 seconds on high. Serve toast and bacon on plates. Pass syrup and topping at the table.

Serve and enjoy

Crunchy French Toast With Fruit Topping

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Total Time 30 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

Bacon

  • 1 lb applewood smoked bacon
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

French Toast

  • 8 eggs
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 6 cups cornflakes (crushed)
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 12 slices texas toast

Fruit Topping

  • 1 orange
  • 12 strawberries (sliced)
  • 1/2 pint blueberries
  • banana (sliced)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  • Arrange bacon on slotted broiler pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and place in the oven to bake until crisp, 20 to 22 minutes.
  • Preheat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat.
  • In a shallow dish, beat together with a wire whisk: eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon. 
  • In a second shallow dish combine flakes and nuts. Use a potato masher to crunch them up.
  • Add 2 tablespoons butter to warm skillet. 
  • Place a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper near the stove. 
  • Coat 4 to 6 slices of bread in egg, depending on the size of your skillet, then coat the bread in cornflakes and nuts. 
  • Cook slices 2 minutes on each side and then transfer toast to the cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining slices and transfer toast to the oven. 
  • Bake 10 minutes, with already cooking bacon.
  • While bacon and toast are in the oven, juice half an orange. Sliced the rest and other fruit, combine fruit, the juice from the orange, and sugar in a serving bowl mix well and reserve.
  • Remove toast and bacon from the oven. 
  • Warm syrup in a small pitcher in microwave 15 seconds on high. 
  • Serve toast and bacon on plates
  • Pass syrup and topping at the table.