French Toast Napoleon With Maple Syrup Pecans And Ice Cream Food

MAPLE PECAN FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375. Grease a 2 quart baking dish and set aside. Cut croissants into smaller pieces and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, whisk eggs together, add in milk, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg until well combined.
• Next add in croissants and mix until bread is well covered. Let sit for 10 minutes.
• Pour soaked croissant pieces into greased baking dish. Top with pecans and bake for 35- 40 minutes. If the bread starts to brown too much, you can loosely cover it with foil.
• Top with maple syrup and powdered sugar. Serve warm.
• If you can't find the large croissants I would use 8-10 of the smaller ones.

BUTTER PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat and melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, the cinnamon, and vanilla. Whisk together until everything's combined and smooth.
• One by one, dunk the slices of bread into the egg mixture and place them on the buttery skillet.
• Fit as many slices in the skillet as you can, cooking them until golden on the first side, about 2 1/2 minutes. Flip to cook them on the other side for about 2 minutes. Remove them to a plate. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter to the skillet and repeat with the rest of the bread slices until they're all cooked.
• To the same skillet, add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, the remaining 1 cup of brown sugar, and the salt. Stir and cook over medium heat until the butter and sugar are melted and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat completely, pour in the bourbon and stir, allowing the fumes to dissipate for about 1 minute. Turn the stove on medium heat and continue to stir and cook for another minute, or until the mixture is starting to thicken. Add the pecans, stir to combine. Keep cooking the sauce, stirring constantly, until the mixture is deep golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Be careful not to cook it too long as it will become chewy, you want a nice caramelly sauce. Turn off the heat.
• Serve two pieces of French toast with a little butter. Sift over some powdered sugar.
• Spoon on a generous amount of the sauce then top with whipped cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

NAPOLEON FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Arrange bread slices in a 12 X 8 X 2 baking dish.
• Beat eggs with milk, Grand Marnier, sugar, vanilla, and salt using a rotary mixer.
• Pour over the bread, turn slices and refrigerate over-night.
• Cook in hot butter in the skillet about 4 minutes per side.
• Sprinkle with Confectioner's sugar and orange slices on the side of the plate.

ELEGANT FRENCH TOAST WITH MAPLE-PECAN SYRUP

Steps:

• FRENCH TOAST:.
• Trim ends from the loaf of bread and cut the bread into six 1-1/2" thick slices.
• To make a pocket in each slice, beginning at the top, cut lengthwise in half to within 1" of the bottom.
• Set aside.
• In a small bowl, beat 3/4 cup of cherries, cream cheese or mascarpone, whipping cream and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.
• If you like, with an electric mixer until well combined.
• Spread about 1/4 cup of the mixture into pocket of each slice of bread.
• Gently press pieces of bread together, distributing filling evenly inside pocket.
• Combine eggs, cinnamon and vanilla in a shallow dish.
• Dip bread into egg mixture to coat all sides.
• On a griddle or in a skillet, cook bread in hot butter or margarine over medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
• Add more butter or margarine, if needed.
• Remove from heat and cut French toast in half diagonally, forming two triangles.
• Place three triangles for each serving on warm plates.
• Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar and remaining cherries.
• MAPLE-PECAN SYRUP:.
• Melt butter or margarine, add nuts; brown lightly: remove nuts.
• Add maple syrup, honey, cinnamon and salt to butter in saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in pecans and cinnamon.
• Let cool; mixture will thicken as it cools.
• Serve the french toast with warm syrup and slices of apple on to, or with powdered sugar.
• *If you choose you can sub any kind of fruit.

MAPLE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• First allow your sliced bread to sit at room temperature for approximately 1 hour to allow the surfaces to dry out.
• In a wide bowl, beat your eggs with your maple syrup until the mixture is slightly thickened.
• Beat in the milk, vanilla, nutmeg and salt.
• Place your bread slices in the mixture and allow them to soak in the mixture for approximately 5 minutes until saturated well.
• Next you will want to preheat your skillet over medium heat and add 2 Tablespoons of butter.
• Once your butter has melted reduce your heat to medium-low and saute bread slices for about 5-6 minutes per side, making sure that you flip each slice over every 2 minutes or so to make sure that they brown evenly.
• You may have to cook in 2 batches if you use a smaller skillet.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, and place random berries around the plate for a nice look and tasty meal.

OVERNIGHT MAPLE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place cubed bread in a greased 9x13 inch baking dish, and gently press down. Sprinkle with pecans.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, and sugar until fluffy and gradually mix in whipping cream, and syrup.
• In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt, and fold into the cream cheese-whipping cream mixture.
• Very slowly, pour mixture, evenly over the bread.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
• Bake covered at 350 degrees, for 30 minutes, or until center is set, and top is golden brown.
• Cut into squares, and serve with maple syrup.

BAKED FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE WITH MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1 inch thick.
• Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9x13-inch baking dish in 2 rows, overlapping slices.
• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half and half, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and beat with wire whisk until well blended.
• Pour mixture over bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with egg mixture.
• Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices.
• Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
• The next morning, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread praline topping evenly over bread and bake for 40 minutes, until puffed up and lightly golden brown.
• Serve with maple syrup.