Because choralgirl asked: Eggnog French Toast

[pegkerr]

Here's what we had Christmas morning

Eggnog French Toast

1/2 cup brown sugar (I cut this a lot)
1/4 cup butter, melted (ditto)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, divided
1 large tart cooking apple, like Granny Smith, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/2 loaf Italian or French bread, cut into 1 inch slices (note: I simply used cinnamon bread)
3 large eggs
3/4 cup milk (note: I substituted good quality eggnog, a little over 1 cup, for the eggs and milk here)
1/2 TB vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Combine brown sugar, butter and 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a baking dish (Note: the original recipe served twelve and was baked in a 13x9 pan. Since I cut it in half to make six servings, I used my smaller oval corning ware baker. I suppose an 8x8 pan would do). Add apples and cranberries, toss well to coat. Spread apple mixture evenly over bottom of baking dish. Arrange slices of bread on top.
2. Mix eggs, milk, [or: eggnog] vanilla, and remaining 1 tsp cinnamon until well blended. Pour mixture over bread, soaking bread completely. Cover and refrigerate 4 to 24 hours.
3. Bake, covered with aluminum foil in a preheated oven 375 degrees for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake 5 minutes. Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Makes 6 servings. Prep time: 20 minutes. Cook time: 45 minutes

Comments

[deepstarrysky.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious! One question though - it says 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon in the ingredients, but in the recipe it adds up to 3 tsp. Which do you recommend?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Oops: that's because I originally posted the original recipe, which serves 12. (That's why I said use an 13x9 pan. However, I cut the recipe in half to serve six. I used a smaller oval corning ware baker, although perhaps an 8x8 pan would do). When I changed the ingredient amounts, I failed to correct that in the instructions. I will go back and correct. Thanks.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Oops. Corrected the amount of eggnog, too.