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Baked Orange-Honey-Cinnamon French Toast

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Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tbsp butter or margarine
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 3/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 whole eggs eggbeaters may be substituted
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp Curacao liqueur optional
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 pinches nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp tarragon
  • 12 half inch thick slices machine made oatmeal or other hearty bread

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Place butter in 12" x 17" half-sheet baking pan, and place in oven to melt (about four minutes).
  • While butter is melting, combine eggs, juice, vanilla, liqueur, salt, nutmeg and tarragon in shallow bowl and mix well. Remove from oven.
  • Pour in honey and sprinkle with cinnamon.
  • Dip bread slices in egg mixture, coating both sides evenly and drain excess liquid.
  • Arrange slices in top of honey-cinnamon mixture, and bake 20-25 minutes until lightly brown on upper side.
  • Using metal turner, invert toast into heated plates, two half slices per person.
  • Sprinkle with almonds, and serve with additonal honey on the side. Serve with breakfast meat, and garnish plate with banana slices, orange twists, strawberries, other fruits, or nuts. (Keeps well lightly covered with aluminum foil in warm oven).