On Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:26:54 PM UTC-5, Ema Nymton wrote:
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> Pancakes cooked in bacon fat is also delicious, if you like bacon. My
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> Oven baked French Toast
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> 1 lb. loaf stale French bread, diagonally sliced in 1" pieces
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> 8 eggs
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> 2 cups milk
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> 1 1/2 cups Half & Half
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> 2 tsp. vanilla extract
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> 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
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> 1 1/3 cup sugar (or Splenda)
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> 3/4 cup butter
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> Butter a half sheet pan and arrange bread slices in the bottom.
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> In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, half and half, vanilla,
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> cinnamon and sugar. Pour over bread slices, then dot the bread with
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> plenty of butter, the butter helps the french toast get nice and brown.
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> Cover, and refrigerate overnight (before I add the butter, I flip the
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> bread over a couple of times, until it begins to get soft, then I quit
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> or the bread will tear. By some miracle, the bread soaks up most of the
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> Bake in a 350 degree oven, uncovered, for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool
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> for at least 5 minutes, or the bread will stick to the pan. Cover with
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> Becca


Sounds like a recipe the comic singer Christine Lavin handed out once to her audience! (She suggested including raisins or orange zest.) One of her albums is "Cold Pizza for Breakfast." I've seen her a few times - she really is funny.

http://www.christinelavin.com/index....7&page= songs
(includes lyrics and recipe)

I tend to add nutmeg as well as cinnamon.


Lenona.