- 8
- 5 mins
- 20 mins
Ingredients
- 8 slices Good French Bread
- Butter, For Toasting Bread
- 6 slices Thin Bacon, Cut Into Bits
- 2 whole Leeks, Sliced Thin And Washed If Needed
- 4 ounces, weight Goat Cheese/chevre, Softened
- 8 whole Croissants (a Rounder Shape Is Best)
- 5 whole Eggs
- 1/4 cup Half-and-half
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- Butter, For Frying And Serving
- Warm Syrup, For Serving
- Strawberries, For Serving (optional)
- Whipped Cream, For Serving (optional)
Preparation
Step 1
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Make this for your friend or neighbor or mother-in-law or cousin or anyone who drops by your house in need of a quick, delicious munchie and and a glass of cold white wine.
Then melt butter in a large skillet over medium to medium-low heat (depending on how hot your burner gets)…
Turn the burner on medium-high heat, then throw in the sliced leeks!
Saute them for a few minutes, stirring here and there, until they’re nice and golden. Yum!
And add it to the top of one of the pieces of heavenly goat cheese-smeared bread.
You’ll love these! They’re perfect with cold white wine, and make a great little appetizer before dinner. You could use smaller crostini and make a whole bunch of them for a cocktail party, or heck…you could even stir the goat cheese, leeks, and bacon together and make a dip.
Fry the bacon bits until crisp, then remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Pour off the excess grease, then blot the skillet clean. Add the leeks to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat for several minutes, until golden.
Yesterday before church, because I knew I would be spending all that afternoon frying chicken wings, I wanted to make something lovely for breakfast.
, otherwise known as The Wal Marts, also known as Walmart the other day—and had originally planned to use them to make breakfast sandwiches with eggs, shaved ham, and cheese. But since I was in the mood for something a little sweet before I headed to church, I decided to make French toast instead.
I’ll just launch into the recipe now and spare you all the adjectives describing how positively sublime this French toast was…but just trust me on this: you’ll want to make it this week.
Then add a li’l sugar, Sugar…
Whisk this together until it’s all combined, then set it aside for a bit.
I’d been heating a nonstick skillet over low heat the whole time I was getting the croissants ready, so by the time I added a little butter, it was nice and warm.
Put as many pieces as will fit in the pan, cut side down. Then increase the heat to medium-low.
Note: You really want to control the heat as you’re making the French toast! Hover between low and medium-low, depending on how hot your stove gets, and move the toast around the pan a little as it cooks to keep it from getting overly brown. Basically, you want the heat low enough that it will warm the croissants through without getting the surface of the toast too dark!
After 3 to 4 minutes, turn the croissants over and let them cook on the other side for another 2 minutes or so. Remove them from the pan, add more butter to the pan, then continue cooking the rest of the croissants.
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Dunk each croissant half into the mixture so that it's fully coated. Set pieces aside on a plate.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over low heat, then melt a small amount of butter. Add as many pieces as will fit, cut side down, then increase the heat very slightly (don't go above medium-low).
Allow the toast to cook on the first side for 3 to 4 minutes. Move it around in the skillet a bit to make sure it doesn't burn. When it's deep golden brown on the surface, flip it to the other side and let it cook for another 2 minutes or so.
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