Friday, September 25, 2009

Creme Brulee French toast


Creme Brulee is one of my FAVORITE desserts! when i use to work at Blackboards Cafe in bella vista I would order it for dinner on a regular basis... so when i found this i HAD to make it.. And holy cow it is GOOD!
Carmel Sauce:
1/2 lb butter
2 cups brown sugar
4 tsp corn syrup
and 3/4 cup pecans-i toast mine (thank you paula deen!)
in a small sauce pan melt everything except pecans over low heat stir til smooth add in the pecans. Pour the sauce over the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish
1 loaf french bread
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup half and half
1tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
slice bread in to 1 1/2 " slices arrange bread over caramel sauce.
Whisk eggs, vanilla, salt and half & half together and pour over bread making sure each piece is covered. cover in plastic wrap set overnight.
Next morning bake @ 350 degrees for 50 min.
cool for 10 min then flip baking dish over on to cookie sheet and serve!

2 comments:

Abramyan Avenue said...

Oh My Goodness!! This sounds so good it shouldn't even be legal! I am planning this for tomorrow morning and can't wait to try it! Thank you so much for sharing this!!

cortney mae said...

lOL! Thank you! I hope you like it! My husband requests it all the time!