French Toast with Sweet and Smokey Bacon

By tamalone

Ingredients

• FOR BACON:
• 1 pound applewood smoked bacon
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• FOR TOAST:
• 8 large eggs
• 1 cup half and half
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 pinches salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 – 1 1/2 inch slices of cinnamon bread

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Arrange bacon on slotted broiler pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and place in oven to bake until crisp, 20 to 22 minutes.

Preheat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.

In a shallow dish, beat together with a wire whisk: eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon.

Add 2 tablespoons butter to warm skillet. Place a cookie sheet lined with foil (for easy clean-up) near the stove. Coat 4 to 6 slices of bread in egg, depending on the size of your skillet. Cook slices 2 minutes on each side and transfer toast to cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining slices and transfer toast to oven. Bake 7 minutes, with already cooking bacon.