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Recipe: Winter Fruit French Toast Pudding
Servings: 8         
 


Winter Fruit French Toast Pudding  

A compote of glazed winter pears, prunes and apples are nestled in a crust of vanilla and egg-drenched bread flavored with cinnamon and clove.
 
 

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups apple cider
2 sweet apples, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 firm but ripe pear, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 1/2 cups (1/2 pound) prunes
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
10 slices firm whole wheat sandwich bread
2 large eggs
2/3 cup low-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
 


METHOD

Preheat oven to 400°. Combine the cider, apples, pears, prunes, cinnamon stick, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small saucepan coated with DuPont SilverStone® non-stick. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is tender, about 2 minutes. Discard the cinnamon stick and pour the fruit mixture into a 2-quart baking dish coated with DuPont SilverStone® non-stick.

Cut the bread slices in half diagonally. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and vanilla. Soak bread in the egg mixture and arrange in overlapping rows on top of the fruit. Pour excess liquid over the bread.

Combine sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the bread. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the top of the pudding is crisp and golden. Cool pudding and serve with maple syrup .

 

 
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