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Jul 9

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Caramel Apple French Toast

One of my most favorite comfort foods is French toast.  I just love it, especially on a cold, winter morning, or in some cases, a cold, winter evening for dinner!  I don’t know who invented French toast – who would have thought to coat a slice of bread in raw eggs, milk and cinnamon and then fry it? – but I praise them!

My own basic recipe for French toast is below.  I usually pour some maple syrup over it, sometimes with bananas, if I have any.  Sometimes I even caramelize the bananas.  But last week, I had a heap of leftover salted butter caramel sauce from the popcorn ice cream I had made and wanted to do something special with, something that I could share with others.

An idea suddenly popped into my head one night.  I was craving French toast (which was not at all unusual for me!) and was thinking of ways I could jazz it up.  How about caramel French toast?  No… it would need a fruit to go with it… how about apples?  Yes, how about caramel apple French toast!

And you know what?  It was one of the best dishes I have ever eaten.  It was so good, that I found myself making it again the very next day.

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Mar 21

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French Toast

For some reason, I had always thought that French toast was a difficult breakfast to prepare.  I was totally wrong.  This is twice I’ve made this recipe in the past few months and I just love it.  The first time I made this, I used regular whole wheat sandwich bread, and drizzled it with maple syrup and a few blueberries (my daughter loved it).  This time I used French bread, drizzled it with maple syrup and topped it with sweetened strawberries and bananas (and again, my daughter loved it).

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I have to state the fact that my daughter loved it because she usually doesn’t eat things I cook for her – she’d rather eat raw stuff, like vegetables, fruit and sandwiches (at least it’s good for her!).

French Toast
Serves 1-2, depending on how hungry you are!

Ingredients
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash nutmeg
2 slices bread, whatever kind you have
butter for pan

Method
Coat a frying pan with butter and warm the pan to medium heat.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together egg, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Pour into a shallow rimmed plate or bowl, to easily coat slices of bread.  Dip slices of bread, one at a time, into the egg mixture, turning to coat thoroughly.

When the pan is hot, place slices of bread inside and cook for about 3 minutes, or until bread is golden brown and crispy.  Turn the slices of bread over and cook again until golden brown and crispy.

Serve with maple syrup and/or fresh fruit.