Recipe For Cooking Baked French Toast With Cherry Topping

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Baked French Toast with Cherry Topping

Source: startribune.com

Serves 6 to 8.

1 1/2 C. milk
6 eggs
1/3 C. maple syrup
3 Tbsp. sugar, divided
1 Tbsp. grated orange peel
1/3 tea. salt
8 slices French bread (4 x 3 x 1-in.)
 4 C. sweet cherries, halved and pitted
1/2 C. orange juice
Vanilla yogurt

Combine milk, eggs, maple syrup, 2 Tbsp. sugar, orange peel and salt; mix well. Pour half of mixture into each of two 9-in.-square baking pans. Dip both sides of each slice of bread in milk mixture; arrange in the same baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Marinate cherries in orange juice and remaining 1 Tbsp. of sugar overnight.

Carefully transfer slices to a nonstick, buttered cookie sheet using a lrg. spatula; allow excess liquid to drip into pan used for soaking. Bake in preheated 400 degree F oven for 15 to 18 min.; turn slices over halfway through baking time. Top each slice with 1/2 C. cherries and a dollop of vanilla yogurt. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: Calories274; Carbohydrates45 g; Protein10 g; Fat6 g; including sat. fat2 g; Cholesterol163 mg; Sodium320 mg; Calcium140 mg; Dietary fiber2 g

Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1 fruit, 2 bread/starch, 1 med.-fat meat, 1 fat