Cherry French Toast Recipes

FRENCH TOAST "JUBLIEE"

Steps:

• For the jubilee sauce: Combine the cherries and lemon strips and juice in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook until the mixture has thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, add the rum and return it to the heat to burn off the alcohol, about 5 minutes. Just before serving, swirl in the butter and maple syrup.
• For the French toast: Add the cream, honey, almond extract, cardamom and eggs and yolks to a blender and blend until combined. Transfer to a shallow container and soak the bread in the custard mixture.
• Heat the butter in a large saute pan over medium heat until frothing. Drain off the excess custard from the bread, add the slices to the pan and cook on both sides until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes a side.
• Serve by placing the French toast on a platter along with the cherry jubilee sauce. Finish with the lemon zest and a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

VERY CHERRY-STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
• Spread each slice of the bread with some cream cheese. Top six of the slices with cherry pie filling, spreading almost to the edges.
• Cover each with the remaining bread slices, cream cheese side down. Dip in the egg mixture.
• In a skillet or on a griddle, cook the sandwiches in hot butter over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
• Cut filled French toast into halves or quarters and dip in or sprinkle with sugar, if you like. Serve with hot maple syrup, if you like.

CHERRY FRENCH TOAST BREAKFAST BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch baking dish.
• Whisk eggs in a bowl until smooth.
• Line the bottom of the prepared dish with half of the bread. Bread can be sliced or torn to cover the bottom of the dish flat. Pour half of the eggs over and spread to the edges to saturate bread. Spread half of the pie filling over.
• Line the dish with remaining bread and pour remaining eggs over to saturate; some may leak through below and that is okay. Cover with yogurt and spread evenly to seal the top. Pour remaining pie filling over and spread evenly.
• Place butter, sugar, flour, almonds, and cinnamon into a bowl. Work the dry ingredients into the butter with a fork to create crumbs, adding more flour and sugar if needed to get the right consistency. Sprinkle crumb over the top of the cherry filling. Place the baking dish on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center topping is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before cutting with a spatula to serve.

CHERRY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• 1. In a shallow bowl, with a whisk, beat eggs, milk, and almond extract; set aside. Spread 1 tablespoon of fruit spread or preserves on each of 8 slices of bread; top each with remaining bread slices, pressing together lightly.
• 2. Dip filled bread into the egg mixture, thoroughly coating both sides. In skillet or on griddle cook filled bread in hot butter over medium heat about 2 minutes preside or until golden brown. Add more butter if needed. Serve with fruit-flavored syrup or powdered sugar.

BAKED CHERRY CHEESECAKE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Spray an 8-inch or 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place half of the bread on the bottom of the dish.
• Place the cream cheese cubes on top of the bread.
• Spoon half of the cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese.
• Top with the remaining half of the bread cubes.
• Whisk together remaining ingredients (eggs, milk, half and half, syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla).
• Pour over the top of the bread layer.
• Spoon the remaining pie filling over the top and cover with foil.
• Preheat oven to 350F. Let french toast sit while the oven is preheating, allowing the bread to absorb some of the egg mixture.
• Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes covered. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
• Let cool slightly before serving with additional maple syrup if desired.

CHERRIES JUBILEE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, lemon juice, sugar and lemon strips in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook until the mixture has thickened, about 20 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, add the rum and return it to the heat to burn off the alcohol, about 1 minute or until the flame is gone.
• Whisk together the milk, cream, eggs, almond extract and honey in a shallow bowl. Soak the bread in the custard mixture.
• Heat the butter in a large saute pan wide enough to fit both pieces of bread over medium heat until frothing. Drain off the excess custard from the bread, add the slices to the pan and cook the on both sides until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes a side.
• Finish in a 375 degrees F oven if the center is still wet, 5 minutes at most.
• Serve by placing the French toast on a platter, along with the cherries jubilee sauce. Finish with the zest of the lemons and a dusting of confectioners' sugar.

WHITE LACE INN BAKED CHERRY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Cut the loaf of white bread into cubes.
• Place the cubes into a greased 9x13 pan.
• Spread the cherries over the bread.
• Cut ten 1-inch slices of French bread, place the slices over the cherries.
• Beat the eggs well, add the milk, sugar, cream, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and beat again.
• Pour the egg and milk mixture over the French bread slices.
• To the melted butter add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and walnuts.
• Spread this topping on the bread.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Bake uncovered for 50-60 minutes.
• Cover with foil for the last 15 minutes to keep it from getting too brown.
• Let set for about 10 minutes before slicing into 10 servings.

SPECIAL STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• For cherry sauce, combine 1 cup sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Stir in the water until smooth. Add cherries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat and set aside. , In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over six slices of bread; top with remaining bread. In a shallow bowl, whisk the egg, milk and remaining sugar. Dip both sides of bread into egg mixture. , In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, toast bread on both sides until golden brown. Serve with cherry sauce.

SWEET CHERRY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place the bread in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, syrup, sugar, orange zest and salt. Pour over bread; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight. In another large bowl, combine the cherries, orange juice and sugar. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Transfer bread slices to another greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Discard any remaining egg mixture. Bake at 400° for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Stir in the reserved cherry mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve over French toast; drizzle with yogurt.

CREAM CHEESE & CHERRIES FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Either butter or use a non-stick spray to grease a 9-x-13-inch baking dish. Place half the bread cubes in a single layer, filling in all the gaps.
• Evenly scatter the cream cheese cubes, nuts, and cherries or cranberries (or raisins) on top. Cover completely with the remaining bread cubes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Evenly pour the egg mixture over the bread cubes. Gently press down on the cubes with your palms to allow the top layer of bread to absorb the liquid. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Meanwhile, remove the dish from the refrigerator and let sit for 20 minutes at room temperature. Bake the French toast covered for 20 minutes; uncover and bake 20 minutes longer, or until the cubes are nicely toasted and there's no liquid puddling on the bottom.
• Transfer the dish to a rack and drizzle the melted butter on top. Run a knife around the rim of the pan to release the French toast. Let sit 5 minutes. Cut into squares, arrange on individual plates, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve along with the warmed maple syrup.