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French Toast Waffles

adapted from Cooking Light Comfort Food ^[1]

Breakfast | Servings: 4
Prep time: 5 min | Cook time: 5 min | Total time: 30 min

Ingredients

• 1 cup half and half or milk (non-dairy is fine)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 16 (1/2-inch thick) slices of day-old French bread

Process

1. Coat waffle iron with cooking spray and preheat.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, melted butter, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.
3. Arrange bread slices in one layer in a 13×9 baking dish. Pour the milk mixture over the bread, turning each slice to make sure they’re well coated. Let stand for 5 minutes.
4. Place 4 bread slices in the preheated waffle iron and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat with remaining bread slices.

Serve immediately with maple syrup and a sprinkling of powdered sugar.

Nutrition info:

(using fat-free milk)

Serving size: 4 slices
Calories: 236
Fat: 7g
Carbohydrates: 32.5g
Fiber: 1.6g
Protein: 9.6g