Friday, January 04, 2008
Favorite Ingredients Friday (Strawberry Stuffed French Toast)

Good Friday to you all! I'm trying to get back on track with posting regularly again, so I hope you'll join me in this recipe exchange today because it's time for another Favorite Ingredients Friday recipe exchange!

Upcoming Themed Schedule
January 11- Pies
January 25- Side Dishes
February 8- Valentine's Day Chocolate Edition II (my favorite!)

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals of the day, although we don't always take the time to make a nice, sit-down breakfast. The recipe I'm about to share is one that I found on Disney Family Food. My family loves this one. You can use raspberries instead of strawberries if you'd like.

Strawberry Stuffed French Toast
Ingredients:
8 slices white or wheat bread, cut 1 inch thick
8 ounces cream cheese
6 tablespoons strawberry preserves
1-1/3 cups milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons powdered sugar
4 cups sliced strawberries

Preparation:
  1. Cut each bread slice in half crosswise. With a sharp knife cut a horizontal slit in each half slice to make a pocket.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and preserves. Spread 1/16 (approximately) of the mixture inside each bread pocket.
  3. Pinch edges of bread together to hold filling.
  4. In a shallow bowl, whisk together milk, egg, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Dip filled bread slices in egg mixture to coat. Cook about 6 minutes or until golden brown, turning once.
  5. Top with strawberries and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Now, I look forward to seeing your Favorite Ingredients Friday recipe! I won't be able to visit your recipes right away but fear not, I will stop by to visit your recipe as soon as I can!

Don't forget to link your specific recipe post link on Mr. Linky so I can see what's cooking at your house!

Oh, and be sure to put the title of your recipe in parenthesis! It makes it so much quicker for me to go back and search for recipes as I build my weekly menu.

For guidelines and my past Favorite Ingredients Friday recipes, click here.

Thanks so much for your participation. I do appreciate it!

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Friday, May 04, 2007
Favorite Ingredients Friday (Breakfast Edition)

Good Friday to you all! Before I get started with our recipe exchange, I wanted to offer a quick reminder that you only have 2 days left to enter my latest FREE book giveaway so act now! :)

Now then, it's time for a special Favorite Ingredients Friday: Breakfast Edition recipe exchange! Please share your favorite breakfast/brunch recipes today!

My recipe this week isn't actually my recipe. It was sent to me via email by Kim Davis. Kim doesn't have a blog of her own at this point, but she wanted to join in this particular recipe exchange. I took one look at this recipe and decided that I would not only post it for her, but that I would also print it out and try to make it for my nieces and nephews while I'm here in Nebraska for a visit! I'll let you know how it turns out after I make it, Kim! I think I'm going to top mine with cranberries when I serve it.



Baked French Toast


Ingredients
  1. 1.5 cups brown sugar
  2. 3/4 cups margarine or butter
  3. 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  4. Loaf of French bread
  5. 4 large eggs
  6. 2.5 cups Milk or Half and Half
  7. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  8. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  9. 3 tablespoons white sugar
  10. 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
  11. 1/4 cup butter or margarine


Preparation
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Regular pancake syrup can be substituted for the firstthree ingredients, if needed.
  3. Cook the first three ingredients for 5 minutes. Then in a lightlygreased 9 x 13 pan pour in syrup. Place thickly sliced pieces of Frenchbread on top.
  4. Beat together eggs, milk or half and half, vanilla extract, and salt and pour over bread.
  5. Chill for 8 hours.
  6. Before baking mix the sugar, cinnamon and butter or margarine and sprinkle over the top.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.

Now that Kim has shared her recipe, I look forward to seeing your Favorite Ingredients Friday Breakfast recipes! Remember, I may not be able to visit all of your recipes today until but fear not, I will stop by to visit your recipe as soon as I can!

Don't forget to link your specific recipe post link on Mr. Linky so I can see what's cooking at your house!

Oh, and be sure to put the title of your recipe in parenthesis! It makes it so much quicker for me to go back and search for recipes as I build my weekly menu.

My previous Favorite Ingredients Friday recipes

garlic shrimp
grilled veggie sandwich
Cupid Cups
Easter Edition- crispy marshmallow eggs
boneless pork ribs
Grandma's deviled eggs
tropical fruit salad
Killarney Cream Scones
Chocolate Fudge Cookies
Broiled Tilapia Parmesan
Scalloped Corn
Molten Chocolate Cake
Super Skins
7 Layer Mexican Dip
Garlic Linguine
Pizza Bake
Grilled Honey Corn
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake
Strawberry & Cream Cheese Fudge Brownies
Roly-Poly Santa cookies
Cole's chili
Grandma's Sponge Cake
Parmesan Bow-Tie Skillet
Scalloped Potatoes
Chocolate Crepes
Chocolate Cream Pie
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Caramel Brownies
Peach Banana Daiquiri

Thanks so much for your participation. I do appreciate it!

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