Spiced pecan french toast
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Eggs | |
| 1½ | cup | Half and half |
| ½ | cup | Toasted ground pecans |
| ⅛ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground ginger |
| ½ | teaspoon | Allspice |
| Zest 1 orange | ||
| 12 | slices | French bread; ( if bread is small |
| ; use three slices | ||
| ; per-person) | ||
| 6 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter |
| Maple syrup | ||
Directions
In a large bowl combine eggs, half and half, pecans, and sugar and mix well. Add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and orange zest and mix well. Add bread and soak for about 10 minutes. Heat a large saute pan with about 2 tablespoons of butter and place about ⅓ of the slices in the pan and cook each side about 3-4 minutes or until golden brown. Keep the french toast in a warm oven while you finish cooking the rest of the toast.
Serve warm with maple syrup and butter.
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 2742 Calories (kcal); 49g Total Fat; (16% calories from fat); 86g Protein; 479g Carbohydrate; 209mg Cholesterol; 5598mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 31 Grain(Starch); ½ Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 9½ Fat; ½ Other Carbohydrates Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.