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Brioche French Toast Recipe

Brought to you by Brewery Gulch Inn

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Ingredients:
1 cup half & half
2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar
Pinch cinnamon
Pinch mace
Pinch cardamon
Pinch salt
Day old brioche (thick sliced)

For the fruit saute:
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Granny Smith apples (diced)
1 tablespoon cranberries
1 tablespoon toasted walnuts
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
2 teaspoons Grand Marnier

Vanilla-Bourbon Maple Syrup:
3 vanilla beans (split in half)
2 tablespoon of dark bourbon
1 cup high quality maple syrup

Instructions:
Combine half and half, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, mace, cardamon, and salt and mix them into a smooth batter. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat with a teaspoon of butter.

Dip the bread into the batter coating both sides evenly. Fry the slices on one side until evenly browned and then turn and brown the other side. Serve immediately. Top with sautéed apples, cranberries, and walnuts or warm vanilla-bourbon maple syrup.

Fruit Saute:
Lightly sauté the apples in 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat until starting to brown. Next add cranberries, walnuts, and sugar. Gently sauté until all the sugar has carmelized. Deglaze the pan with Grand Marnier and incorporate last tablespoon of butter, being careful not to let it separate. Pour over Brioche French Toast and enjoy!

Vanilla-Bourbon Maple Syrup:
Split the vanilla beans scraping out the seeds and flambe the beans and seeds in bourbon. Combine with high quality maple syrup and pour over Brioche French Toast.

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