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Stuffed French Toast with Berry Jam

From BAILEY'S UPTOWN INN

Prep Time:

30 minutes

Cooking Time:

10 minutes

Yield:

6

This recipe comes from my nieces blog - www.mydailymorsel.com.  She adapted my recipe to make it even better.  She serves it with home made strawberry rhubarb jam but I didn't include that recipe here.  

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup whole millk
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinammon
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 1 loaf challah
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese

Directions

  1. Stir cream cheese, jam, and lemon zest in a small bowl. Set aside. 
  2. Whisk eggs, milk, cinnamon, and salt in a shallow dish for dunking.  Slice the bread think and put a layer of the cream cheese between two slices (if you want to be fancy you can cut a horizontal slit in the side of each slice of bread to create a pocket for the filling).  Spoon the filling into the pockets of each bread slice.  Soak the bread in one layer in the custard for 1 to 2 minutes per side. 
  3. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet or griddle over medium-high heat.  Working in batches, add the soaked bread to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until golden brown.  Continue to cook the remaining bread slices, adding more butter as needed.  Dust with powdered sugar and serve. 
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