This french toast recipe has rasins or cranberries as well as a brown sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Prep Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Ingredients:
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter -melted
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 apples -peeled, cored and thinly sliced (or 1 can of sliced apples)
- 1/2 cup dried raisins or cranberries
- 1/2-1 loaf of French bread or any other sweet bread-Brioche, Hawaiian.
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
Preparation:
Combine brown sugar, butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a 13X9 baking pan. Add apples and cranberries; toss until you coat the fruit well. spread apple mixture evenly over baking dish. Arrange slices of bread on top of fruit/sugar mixture.
Mix the eggs, milk, vanilla and remaining 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and pour over the bread; make sure the bread is completely soaked. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour or up to 24 hours.
Bake covered in a 375 degree oven for approx 40-50 minutes. Uncover and bake another 5 minutes to lightly brown. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes; serve warm. - MarshaSue, forum member