May 24, 2012
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Cream cheese–stuffed French toast

Category: main dish,dessert
Issue: January 2012
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 4 pieces whole grain bread
  • Filling
  • 1/3 cup light cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp dried cranberries
  • Garnish
  • 3 tbsp toasted chopped pistachios
  • fresh fruit
  • maple syrup
Directions:
  1. Whisk eggs and milk.
  2. Dip bread in the egg-and-milk wash.
  3. For the filling: combine light cream cheese, sugar and cinnamon in small food processor until smooth. Add dried cranberries.
  4. Divide the filling between 2 pieces of bread. Put another piece of bread over top.
  5. Spray a non-stick skillet with vegetable oil and sauté sandwich on each side for 3 minutes.
  6. Preheat oven to 350°F. Put sandwiches on a baking dish and bake for 8 minutes.
  7. Garnish with pistachios, fresh fruit and maple syrup.

Nutritional value per serving: Calories 290; Protein 11 g; Carbohydrates 36 g; Fibre 3 g; Total fat 10 g; Saturated fat 3.5 g; Cholesterol 105 mg; Sodium 240 mg

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Author: Rose Reisman