French Toast filled with Strawberry Cream Cheese

Name: French Toast filled with Strawberry Cream Cheese
Prep time: 11 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 slices Texas Toast style bread, challah, or other thick-sliced bread; 4 servings Butter; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon honey; 118 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps milk; 2 Tbsps freshly squeezed orange juice; 2 Tbsps orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier); 1 Tbsp orange zest; 1 pint sour cream; 237 milliliters frozen strawberries, thawed; 2 Tbsps strawberry preserves; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

French Toast filled with Strawberry Cream Cheese is a vegetarian recipe with 4 servings. This morn meal has 794 calories, 19g of protein, and 54g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up orange liqueur, honey, orange zest, and a few other things to make it today. It is perfect for Mother's Day. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 11 minutes.

Instructions

In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, strawberry preserves, and orange zest until smooth. Set aside.

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Strawberry Preserves

Cream Cheese

Orange Zest

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Mixing Bowl

In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and orange liqueur.

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Vanilla Extract

Orange Liqueur

Egg

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Pour into a shallow bowl, such as a pie plate. Set aside.

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Bowl

With a pairing knife, slice a pocket into the side of the bread. Do not cut all of the way through the bread. Fill bread slices with a heaping spoonful of cream cheese mixture.

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Cream Cheese

Bread

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Knife

In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Dip the filled bread in the egg mixture and place in the skillet to brown on both sides, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining slices.

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Butter