The Old Powder House Inn

Cranberry Stuffed French Toast: Breakfast-Brunch

Servings: 8

Prep time:30 min.

Ingredients:

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  8 oz cream cheese, softened

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  1/4 cup whole cranberry sauce

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  2 tablespoons sugar

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  1 loaf French bread

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  4 eggs

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  1 cup milk

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  1 teaspoon vanilla

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  1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

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  1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

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  1/2 stick butter (melted)

Step 1:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Step 2:

Beat cream cheese in medium bowl at medium speed until smooth. Beat in cranberry sauce and sugar.

Step 3:

Slice bread into 8 (1 1/2 inch-thick) slices.

Step 4:

Cut a pocket in each bread slice by cutting through top crust and almost to bottom, leaving sides of bread slices intact.

Step 5:

Fill each pocket with about 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture.Beat eggs with wire wisk in large shalow dish. Add milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg and wisk until blended. Dip 1 piece of bread at a time into egg mixture; turn over and allow to soak up egg mixture. Place filled slices ionto lightly greased baking sheet. Put 1 teaspoonof butter on each side of the bread. Bake 5 minutes or until golden brown on bottom. Toast should feel just slightly crisp on surface. Serve with warm Cranberry Sauce.