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Apple Pie Stuffed French Toast




Source of Recipe


ATC


Recipe Introduction


Serves 4. We like large loaves of sandwich bread for this recipe, with slices about 5 inches by 4 inches. If you use the smaller, standard-sized sandwich bread, you won’t need all of the filling.



List of Ingredients




4 ounces cream cheese , softened
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons apple butter
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
8 slices good-quality sandwich bread
1 large egg
1 cup cold water
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
Maple syrup for serving

Recipe



1. Combine cream cheese, sugar, apple butter, and cinnamon in medium bowl. Spread on 4 bread slices. Top with remaining bread slices, pressing down gently, forming 4 sandwiches.

2. Combine egg, water, flour, and vanilla in shallow pie plate. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Dip both sides of 2 sandwiches in batter and place in skillet. Cook until deep golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining butter and bread.

3. Cut into triangles and serve immediately with maple syrup.

Notes: Apple Pie Stuffed French Toast
Stuffed French toast is a popular brunch dish in which a sweet, dairy-based filling is encased in custardy, batter-coated French toast. We wanted a recipe in which the exterior was as crisp as could be to accent the rich, creamy filling. Here’s what we discovered:

Test Kitchen Discoveries

•Instead of “stuffing” the bread (cutting a pocket into each slice of bread), sandwich two slices of white sandwich bread together with the filling--sweetened and spiced cream cheese.
•Skip the conventional custardy French toast batter and coat the “sandwiches” in a light slurry of egg, water, flour and vanilla. The unique coating (borrowed from Japanese-style tempura) ensures a crisp-textured exterior to contrast with the creamy filling.
•Flavor the filling with apple butter.