French Toast

By lmiller

Ingredients

• 6 each -6 each eggs
• 12 -12 fl oz milk
• 4 -4 fl oz heavy cream
• 4 -4 oz sugar
• 1 -1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 -1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.13 -0.13 tsp nutmeg
• 0.13 -0.13 tsp salt
• 12 each -12 each bread slices, .75 in. (2 cm) thick
• 1.5 -1.5 oz butter
• as needed --- Confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Beat together the eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until the sugar is dissolved.

Soak the bread in the egg mixture until the bread is soaked through, but do not leave so long that it falls apart.

For each portion, heat 1.5 tsp (7 mL) butter in a saute pan lage enough to hold two slices of bread.

Put 2 slices of bread in the pan and brown the bottoms.

Turn the bread over and cook for 30 seconds.

Transfer the saute pan to an oven preheated to 375 degrees. Bake 10 minutes. The bread should be cooked through and slightly puffed up.

Plate, dust with confectioners' sugar, and served immediately.

Portion Size: 2 each