When I visit friends, I love to cook for them. I like to combine ingredients that I know they like into something I hope they love. I recently flew down to Tampa, FL to visit my dear friend, Andria. Before she woke up and after I took her sweet pooch on a morning walk, I tried to surprise her with French toast. Unfortunately, she woke up before they were done. Thankfully so though because she was out of eggs and I had no car to sneak away for a few minutes to grab some.
After discovering the surprise, Andria drove to the store to buy a dozen eggs while I finished prepping everything else for this dish. I even added the secret iced coffee to the liquid mix for this to add a hint of the espresso refresher.
Now my dad always tells me I make everything too complicated and fancy. While I do love me some good ole fashioned classic French toast, I wanted to make this special (and sneak some nutrients in there with the apple) for my friend. She had been through a rough week, and I wanted this treat to brighten her day!
Ingredients:
- 6 thick slices of bread, preferably good quality sourdough
- 2 eggs
- 1 apple, diced
- 1 c milk
- 1/2 c iced coffee
- 2 T butter, melted
- 1 T cinnamon, additional for garnish
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
- Spray an 8×11″ baking dish with nonstick spray
- Skin and dice apple
- Lay bread evenly across the bottom of baking dish (tearing the bread to make the layers even if needed)
- Spread half of the diced apples across the first layer
- Repeat another layer of bread
- Spread the remaining half of the apples across the top layer
- Mix together the eggs, milk, coffee, butter, and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl
- Pour mixture over the layers of bread and apples
- Bake in oven for 25 minutes, until most of the liquid is cooked out of the bottom
- Remove from oven, let cool, and cut into pieces
- Enjoy with a cup of coffee!
Bake Me Healthier 