Q. What is an all time favorite recipe? Share it.
A. A recipe that everyone loves is the French toast casserole below. I make it only for Christmas morning or extra special occasions...it is so rich that it's like listening to your arteries clog!
French Toast Casserole
1 loaf bread
1 8oz. package Cream Cheese softened, cubed small
½ Cup Powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
10 eggs
1 ½ Cups Half and Half
1 Cup Maple Syrup, divided
1-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (according to taste)
1 stick butter, melted
Cube or tear bread and layer half in 9x13" baking dish. Soften cream cheese in a microwave bowl until almost melted. Mix with powdered sugar and ½ Cup syrup then over bread; top with remaining bread. Blend eggs, cream and syrup in mixing bowl. Blend cinnamon and butter in separate dish and stir. Combine all liquid ingredients together and pour carefully over bread/cream cheese mixture. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight. Put covered, cold baking dish into oven and heat to 350* for 50-60 minutes, then remove foil to allow to brown (approximately 10-15 minutes). Serve with maple syrup or strawberries.
Mary gave us two fantastic recipes. Come back tomorrow and she will answer all the fun questions about her cooking style. ...and remember to look for the Cook of the week when this blog appears in Thursday's The Courier Herald.
2 comments:
be careful---in the paper on Thursday the recipe listed 11 Cups of half and half but it really is only 1 1/2. :)
I just wanted you to know that Mary Crowson's French Toast Casserole is to die for!! It is so good! I made this over the Memorial Day week end and my visiting Step Granddaughter who dislikes eggs eagerly ate away until she spied the eggs. But before her find, she said the cinnamon taste was great and so good! Then she politely put her plate away, still saying how good it was! (I over heard her telling her dad about the eggs) LOL The rest of the family said they rather have this dish than the "real thing". So I will be making this again. I served it with real maple syrup and grits! A winner of a recipe in my book!
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