| 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp water 2 sliced apples cranberries (optional but decorative) 1 loaf of dense bread 5 eggs 1 ½ cups milk 2 tsp vanilla In medium saucepan, combine butter, and brown sugar and heat over med-low heat until it bubbles. Add water and continue cooking until sauce becomes thick and foamy. Pour into baking dishes, sprayed with Pam. Cool. Place sliced apples over cooled caramel syrup in baking dish. Sprinkle cranberries between the slices. Cover the fruit with slices of bread. Do NOT use soft white bread!! In a blender combine the eggs, milk and vanilla and blend thoroughly. Pour the liquid mix over bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Bake in 350 degree oven 30 minutes. Cool about 5 minutes and then invert the mixture on warmed plate. Makes 6 servings | 10 eggs ½ cup unsifted flour 1 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt ¼ cup butter, melted 16 oz low fat small curd cottage cheese 1 pound Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded ¼ tsp ground cumin 1-2 4 oz cans of chopped green chilies Heat oven to 350ºF and grease small baking dishes. In large bowl, beat eggs until light and lemon colored. Add all ingredients except chilies. Mix. Fill each dish with mixture and spread. Top with green chilies. Top with another layer of mixture. Bake about 30 minutes until top is browned and center firm. It is best served hot from the oven. HINT: you can make the egg mixture the night before and assemble it just before baking. I like to fry my own tortilla strips in corn oil and decorate the tops. Of course, what else goes great? Homemade salsa! Makes 8 servings |
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The rest of your ingredients are:
- 1 loaf of bread
(mentioned above)
- 2-3 bananas, not overripe
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup pecans
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup milk (or cream
if you want it richer)
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- ¼ cup butter
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Slice the bread as we discussed above, with each slice
being about ½ inch (1 inch total). Peel and slice your bananas. Lay the bananas in the
pocket, and stuff in a few pecans, then add brown sugar. Mix together your eggs, milk,
sugar, and vanilla. Dip each French toast piece into egg mixture and place into skillet
with melted butter. Cook and turn. It helps to cook them slowly and cover the
pan after you have turned them to caramelize the sugar.
Enjoy these wonderful banana toasts sprinkled with
powdered sugar and maple syrup. We serve ours with eggstravaganza and
ham.
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