Apple-Pie French Toast
Source of Recipe
Taste of the South magazine
List of Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 Tbsp apple jelly
- � tsp ground cinnamon
- 12 slices Texas toast bread
- � medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 8 eggs
- 1 cup milk
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- Cinnamon Syrup (recipe follows)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, jelly and cinnamon. Spread one side of each bread slice with cream cheese mixture. Top 6 bread slices with a single layer of apple slices. Top with remaining bread slices, cream-cheese sides together, to create 6 apple "sandwiches."
- Lightly grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Fit sandwiches into dish in a single layer; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Pour over sandwiches. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, turning sandwiches once.
- Preheat oven to 400� F. Lightly grease a baking sheet; place sandwiches in a single layer on pan, discarding any excess egg mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned. Serve with Cinnamon Syrup.
Makes 6 servings.
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CINNAMON SYRUP
� 3 cups sugar
� 1� cups water
� 1 stick cinnamon
� 1 tsp vanilla extract
� � tsp maple flavoring
In a heavy saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat on stovetop; boil for 8 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Makes 2� cups.
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