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French Toast with Bacon-Honeyed Apples
Ingredients
- APPLES
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 vanilla bean
- 2 peeled cored halved medium Golden Delicious apples
- FRENCH TOAST
- 4 large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2-1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 8 slices crusty bread, sliced 3/4-inch thick
- 4 oz. cooked chopped bacon
Directions
- 1. For Apples, combine water, sugar, honey and cinnamon in medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring to a boil on medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- 2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 5 minutes. Stir in apples. Simmer, covered, 10 to 12 minutes or until tender. Remove apples to a bowl; keep warm. Bring syrup to a boil. Boil 8 to 10 minutes, or until syrup is reduced to about 1 cup. Remove and discard cinnamon stick and vanilla bean. Keep syrup warm.
- 3. For French Toast, whisk eggs and yolk in shallow pan. Whisk in milk, sugar and vanilla. Dip bread slices into egg mixture. Fry on preheated 325 °F flat-top grill 1 to 2 minutes per side or until golden brown.
- 4. To serve, layer 2 slices French Toast on each plate. Divide apples evenly over top. Drizzle with syrup, sprinkle with bacon and serve.
- Nutritional information per serving: Calories 808; Total Fat 22g; Saturated Fat 7g;
- Trans. Fat 0g; Cholesterol 226mg; Sodium 1220mg; Total Carbohydrate 125g; Dietary Fiber 3g;
- Total Sugars 89g; Protein 26g
