Maple French Toast With Baked Apple Slices

Recipe Ingredients

		Baked Apple Slices
		Nonstick cooking spray - as needed
3		Firm sweet apples (large)
		= (Fuji or Golden Delicious)
2 1/2 tablespoons	37ml	Melted butter
1/3 cup	65g / 2.3oz	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Allspice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cloves
		Maple French Toast
6		Eggs
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1/4 cup	82g / 2.9oz	Maple syrup
1/3 cup	78ml	Half-and-half
8		Firm white, raisin or whole-wheat bread
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter - softened

Recipe Instructions

For the Baked Apple Slices: Place one rack in the bottom of the oven and the other rack in the middle third. Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly spray a 13- by 9-inch pan with nonstick spray.

Core the apples and slice them into 1/2-inch slices. Place them in the pan, drizzle the butter over the top and toss to coat. Combine the sugar, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and cloves in a small bowl and mix well. Sprinkle over the apple slices and stir well to coat. Bake on the bottom rack of the oven until the apples are tender but not so soft that they fall apart, about 15 minutes, stirring once to mix well.

For the Maple French Toast: Generously butter a baking sheet or a jellyroll pan. Beat the eggs and salt together in a shallow pan, breaking up the eggs. Add the vanilla, maple syrup and half-and-half and beat to combine. Use a fork to poke a few holes in each slice of bread. Place the slices, one to two at a time, in the egg mixture and let stand about a minute, turning once. The slices should be saturated but not falling apart. Shake off the excess egg mixture and place the slices on the baking sheet; it's OK if they're touching.

Bake until the underside is golden and the slices have puffed up slightly, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, turn the slices over and spread with the butter. Return to the oven and bake until the other side is light brown, 6 to 8 minutes.

Place the toast on serving plates and top with the apple slices and their juices. Offer country sausage links and maple syrup alongside.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each serving: 586 calories; 530 mg sodium; 352 mg cholesterol; 24 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 78 grams carbohydrates; 16 grams protein; 3.06 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 12-19-2001

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