French Toast with Peaches

This morning we had a make ahead French toast with peaches.  I used frozen peaches, because you do not have to peel them.  This is an Ellie Krieger Cook Smart recipe that appeared in USA weekend back in July.  Again it was very easy to cut in half for the two of us.  The full recipe serves 6 and would be great for overnight company.  I think you could use any fruit in season, or from your freezer. 

Ingredients: 

Cooking spray

1 large whole-wheat baguette (about 8 oz)(I used sliced bread and just weighed out the proper amount.) 

4 large eggs

4 large egg whites

1 C non-fat milk

1 t vanilla extract

5 C fresh sliced peaches or frozen unsweetened, thawed

2 T firmly packed brown sugar

¼ t ground cinnamon

1 ½ C plain non-fat yogurt (optional)

¾ C pure maple syrup (optional)

Directions:

1.      Coat a 9 x 12” baking pan with cooking spray.  Cut the baguette into ½” thick slices and arrange them in a single layer in the pan.  (I broke up the slices in large chunks and spread in an even layer in the pan.)

2.      In a medium bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, egg whites, milk and vanilla. 

3.      Pour the mixture over the bread in the pan.

4.      Scatter the peach slices evenly over the bread. 

5.      Sprinkle with the brown sugar and cinnamon. 

6.      Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight,

7.      Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Uncover and bake until slightly puffed and the bread is golden brown, about 40 minutes. 

8.      If desired top with yogurt and drizzle with maple syrup.   

Jim used the syrup, but I thought it was better without.  Great dish to have in my repartee for overnight guests. 

Well as you can see we are back in business.  Sunday night about 8:00 PM Comcast after going over everything in the house determined that it must be outside.  Remember they said they fixed the outside and it must be in the house.  Remember the smoking pole from the frist morning we were out of power?  That was the problem.  So the power company has my gratitude.  Comcast, three days to find and fix a problem that they should have figured out would be a problem when they called the power company and told them that there was a smoking hot down wire on our property at the pole.  Jim spent hours on the phone to get them to address the problem.