Creme Brulee French Toast

Recipe:

PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	40 Min
READY IN	9 Hrs

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 6 (1 inch thick) slices French bread
• 5 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon brandy-based orange liqueur (Grand Marnier®)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Mix in brown sugar and corn syrup, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2. Remove crusts from bread, and arrange in the baking dish in a single layer. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, vanilla extract, orange brandy, and salt. Pour over the bread. Cover, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove the dish from the refrigerator, and bring to room temperature.
4. Bake uncovered 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until puffed and lightly browned.

Rating:
I give the recipe 2 stars. I wasn't too impressed with any part of it. It was WAY too sweet. And it had a funny texture that just wasn't my thing. Sort of a mushy scrambled egg effect. Also, I didn't follow the recipe exactly. The changes made were replacing the orange liqueur with vanilla extract and the half and half with skim milk. The entire recipe was a disappointment to me, especially with the rave reviews I had read about it. Oh well, you win some; you lose some.