Apple Stuffed French Toast

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 large apple
• 1 teaspoon butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 dash cinnamon
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
• 2 slices day old bread, like brioche (very thick slices)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 peel, core, and slice apple.
• 2 cook apple slices in 1 teaspoon melted butter in a sauce pan over medium heat until soft.
• 3 drain apples and toss in 1/2 teaspoon sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
• 4 whisk together half-and-half, egg, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and set aside.
• 5 cut a pocket into the very thick bread slices almost all the way through.
• 6 stuff each bread slice with the apple mixture slices (depending how big your bread slice is you may not use all of the apple).
• 7 put apple stuffed bread into a baking dish.
• 8 pour liquid mixture over the bread and let stand for about 15 minutes.
• 9 heat a large skillet on low heat and melt butter.
• 10 add bread and cook for about 5 minutes on each side.
• 11 dust with confectioners' sugar if you please and enjoy.