Recipe Background
Cranberries offer the perfect balance to French Toast: French Toast is hearty and heavy with a uniquely light custardy taste. Cranberries are a light fruit with a strong, bright, tart flavor. Put together, Cranberry French Toast is a sweet breakfast with a balance of flavors that invoke sunny autumn mornings. Spiced and decadent, Cranberry French Toast feels like breakfast in bed from your own table!
Cranberries offer the perfect balance to French Toast: French Toast is hearty and heavy with a uniquely light custardy taste. Cranberries are a light fruit with a strong, bright, tart flavor. Put together, Cranberry French Toast is a sweet breakfast with a balance of flavors that invoke sunny autumn mornings. Spiced and decadent, Cranberry French Toast feels like breakfast in bed from your own table!
Ingredients
For the cranberry topping:
- 6 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
For the French toast:
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 slices bread of choice thick
Directions
- Combine the cranberries, maple syrup, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat on the stove-top. Mix well and cover.
- Let the cranberry mixture cook for about 15 minutes.
- Take off the lid and stir well.
- Let it cook uncovered for another 2-3 minutes.
- Take the mixture off the heat and set aside.
- Preheat a large cooking pan over medium heat and lightly grease it.
- In a wide and shallow bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar until smooth.
- Place the bread slices in the egg mixture, coating well on both sides.
- Place the saturated bread in the greased cooking pan and cook for a few minutes on each side, until nicely golden brown and firm to the touch.
- Serve the french toast warm with the cranberry topping.
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