Sweet Cherry French Toast Food

WHITE LACE INN BAKED CHERRY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Cut the loaf of white bread into cubes.
• Place the cubes into a greased 9x13 pan.
• Spread the cherries over the bread.
• Cut ten 1-inch slices of French bread, place the slices over the cherries.
• Beat the eggs well, add the milk, sugar, cream, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and beat again.
• Pour the egg and milk mixture over the French bread slices.
• To the melted butter add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and walnuts.
• Spread this topping on the bread.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Bake uncovered for 50-60 minutes.
• Cover with foil for the last 15 minutes to keep it from getting too brown.
• Let set for about 10 minutes before slicing into 10 servings.

CHERRIES JUBILEE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, lemon juice, sugar and lemon strips in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook until the mixture has thickened, about 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, add the rum and return it to the heat to burn off the alcohol, about 1 minute or until the flame is gone.
• Whisk together the milk, cream, eggs, almond extract and honey in a shallow bowl. Soak the bread in the custard mixture.
• Heat the butter in a large saute pan wide enough to fit both pieces of bread over medium heat until frothing. Drain off the excess custard from the bread, add the slices to the pan and cook the on both sides until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes a side.
• Finish in a 375 degrees F oven if the center is still wet, 5 minutes at most.
• Serve by placing the French toast on a platter, along with the cherries jubilee sauce. Finish with the zest of the lemons and a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

CHERRY FRENCH TOAST BREAKFAST BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch baking dish.
• Whisk eggs in a bowl until smooth.
• Line the bottom of the prepared dish with half of the bread. Bread can be sliced or torn to cover the bottom of the dish flat. Pour half of the eggs over and spread to the edges to saturate bread. Spread half of the pie filling over.
• Line the dish with remaining bread and pour remaining eggs over to saturate; some may leak through below and that is okay. Cover with yogurt and spread evenly to seal the top. Pour remaining pie filling over and spread evenly.
• Place butter, sugar, flour, almonds, and cinnamon into a bowl. Work the dry ingredients into the butter with a fork to create crumbs, adding more flour and sugar if needed to get the right consistency. Sprinkle crumb over the top of the cherry filling. Place the baking dish on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center topping is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting with a spatula to serve.