French Vanilla Orange Bread Recipes

ORANGE-VANILLA FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Slice the bread 3/4-inch thick.
• Arrange in single layer in a well-greased 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan.
• In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, orange juice, whipping cream, orange rind, vanilla and salt to blend well.
• Pour over the bread slices in the pan, turning to coat well.
• Cover; refrigerate for about 6 hours.
• Grill or bake.
• To grill; melt the butter in a skillet or flat grill.
• Add the bread in batches; cook to brown on both sides.
• To bake: heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cover a large baking sheet with foil, and grease.
• Put bread slices on the foil in a single layer; bake 13-15 minutes, turning after 10 minutes.
• Garnish with orange slices and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

OVERNIGHT ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together zest, juice, sugar, vanilla, triple sec, eggs, half-and-half, and a pinch of salt.
• Arrange bread slices in one layer in a 13 X 9 inch glass baking dish.
• Pour mixture over bread, turning slices to coat, and chill, covered, overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400F and brush a large baking pan with butter.
• Using a slotted spatula arrange bread in one layer on baking pan, leaving atleast 2 inches between each slice and bake in middle of oven 5 minutes.
• Rotate pan and bake 5 minutes more.
• Rotate pan again and bake until bread is puffed and golden, about 5 minutes more.
• Make sauce while bread is baking: Cook butter, marmalade and triple sec over low heat, stirring, until butter is melted.
• Drizzle French toast with sauce and serve with syrup, if desired.

ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and then mix with the rest of the ingredients.
• Dip the bread in the French Toast batter and fry in melted butter until golden brown on both sides.

OVERNIGHT ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place bread in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish. Combine eggs, milk, orange juice, vanilla, and salt; beat well. Pour mixture over bread slices; turn slices over and coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Melt i tablespoon butter in a large skillet; remove 4 slices of bread from the dish and saute in the butter 4 minutes each side or until browned. Repeat this with remaining butter and bread slice. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, serve immediately with Orange Sauce.
• Orange Sauce:.
• Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thickened ( 5 minutes), stir frequently. 1 1/4 cups.

ORANGE-CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a small bowl, mix the butter, honey and cinnamon. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan; spread to coat bottom of pan. , In a shallow bowl, whisk the eggs, orange juice and, if desired, salt. Dip both sides of bread in egg mixture. Place in prepared pan. , Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Invert onto a serving platter; if desired, serve with additional honey.

CRUNCHY ORANGE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Fit a baking sheet with a wire rack. Heat a griddle pan or nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Zest the orange and set aside. Working over a medium bowl, segment the orange; squeeze the juice from the remaining orange membranes.
• Whisk the eggs, orange zest, milk, cinnamon and orange juice in a baking dish or shallow bowl. Add the cornflakes and bacon to another baking dish and toss together. Dip the bread slices in the egg mixture and let them soak for 1 minute.
• While the bread is soaking, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter on the griddle pan or skillet.
• Working with one slice of bread at a time, let the excess egg mixture drip off and then dredge the bread in the cornflake mixture. Add the bread to the griddle, carefully placing as many slices of bread as can comfortably fit without touching too much (it's OK if the edges need to touch a little). You can dredge the bread, transfer it to an unlined baking sheet and hold for 5 minutes while one batch is cooking.
• Cook on one side, rotating occasionally, until the bottom is golden brown and crisp, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook the other side until it is equally browned, another 2 minutes. Transfer the slices to the prepared baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while you complete the next batches. Repeat the cooking process, melting 2 tablespoons of butter for each batch.
• When all of the French toast is cooked and you are ready to serve, gently stir together the maple syrup and orange segments, making sure not to break up the segments. Spoon the syrup over the French toast and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve immediately.

MANDARIN ORANGE FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Steps:

• Spray 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat first seven (7) ingredients together until smooth. Stir in bread cubes until coated.
• Pour bread mixture into casserole. Top evenly with orange segments. Cover. Refrigerated at least 8 hours but no longer that 24.
• Heat oven to 400°. Uncover bread mixture and bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired, and serve with orange marmalade.

FRENCH VANILLA ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two small loaf pans.
• Chop orange in half and take out the core leaving the peel on. Blend in a blender or food processor.
• Mix together in a bowl the eggs, sugar, butter, and orange that you liquefied. In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, dash of salt.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir in the French vanilla creamer and the nuts. Mix well and put into pans.
• Pour the mix into the bread pans and bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Check with a toothpick to be sure bread is done. Let set until it is cool and remove from pans.
• If you like you can take a tablespoon of orange juice or the French vanilla creamer and mix with powdered sugar and glaze.