Amaretto Raisin Oven-Baked French Toast |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 21 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This recipe has been a fixer-upper for a long time now. Have being playing around with ingredients and quantities and can't tell you where I found the original recipe. This is by no-means diet friendly! Ingredients:
8 slices french bread or 8 slices challah or 8 slices brioche bread |
8 tablespoons butter or 8 tablespoons margarine |
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/4 teaspoon almond extract |
2 -3 tablespoons amaretto or 2 -3 tablespoons other almond liqueur |
1/2 cup golden raisin |
1 cup half-and-half |
1 1/2 cups whole milk |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 cup toasted & slivered almonds, chopped |
4 eggs, lightly beaten |
cooking spray |
2 tablespoons maple syrup |
1 dash nutmeg |
1/2 cup light brown sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Spray 13x9 baking dish, generously.
3. Soak raisins in 2 tablespoons of Amaretto only, add 1 tablespoon more if needed, after raisins are plumped, drain.
4. Butter both sides of bread and place in baking dish, single layer, covering the bottom of dish.
5. In a bowl, toss almonds with sugar and sprinkle all over the bread.
6. Drizzle maple syrup and Amaretto-soaked raisins over almonds.
7. In a bowl, mix eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, half-and-half, milk, cinnamon and nutmeg.
8. Pour evenly over bread slices.
9. Let baking dish rest for 30 minutes, before placing in oven.
10. Bake for 30-45 minutes, until brown.
11. Working rapidly, invert on serving tray, cut into squares, and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
12. Enjoy and serve piping hot!
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