Sugar-Crusted French Toast with Honeyed Apples

Name: Sugar-Crusted French Toast with Honeyed Apples
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 mediums apples (such as Braeburn or Golden Delicious), peeled, halved, cored; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 larges egg yolks; 6 larges eggs; 118 milliliters honey; 2 inches 3x lemon peel; 2 inches 3x orange peel; 1 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 710 milliliters water; 4 liters whole milk; 2 whole star anise

Sugar-Crusted French Toast with Honeyed Apples might be just the morn meal you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 807 calories, 27g of protein, and 39g of fat each. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. A mixture of apples, butter, star anise, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Combine first 7 ingredients in heavy large saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Add apples; cover and simmer until tender, about 12 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to bowl. Boil syrup in saucepan until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 10 minutes.

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Apple

Syrup

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Slotted Spoon

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Bowl

Add syrup to bowl with apples. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.)

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Apple

Syrup

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Bowl

Whisk eggs, yolks, milk, 2/3 cup sugar, vanilla, and salt in 15x10x2-inch baking dish.

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Vanilla

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Place bread in single layer in egg mixture; spoon egg mixture over bread and let stand until soaked through, about 3 minutes.

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Bread

Egg

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in each of 2 large nonstick skillets over medium heat.

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Butter

Sprinkle each skillet with 2 tablespoons sugar.

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Sugar

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Frying Pan

Add 3 bread slices to each skillet; cook until deep golden on bottom, about 3 minutes.

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Bread

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Sprinkle top of bread slices with sugar, using 2 tablespoons for each skillet; turn slices over and cook until deep golden on bottom, about 3 minutes.

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Bread

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Transfer French toast to plates.

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Toast