Birthday Breakfast

    I celebrated my birthday this past week.  Since I was on vacation and Arnauld had to work, he prepared a delicious baked french toast dish for me to bring to my parent house for a yummy birthday breakfast.  Long after I went to bed, he was peeling apples and navigating his way around the kitchen.  I awoke to very detailed baking directions and was good to go.  It was the perfect beginning to what turned out to be a very interesting birthday!  All in all, it was a great day filled with quality time with most of the people I love-minus a few from North Carolina!

Apple Cinnamon Baked French Toast
Recipe from allrecipes.com

Ingredients
10 3/4 inch thick slices of day-old French bread
6 eggs, lightly beaten
2 3/4 cups of almond milk
2/3 cup sugar, divided
1 tbsp vanilla extract
4 medium apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thinly
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground nutmeat
1 tbsp butter or margarin

Method
1. Place the bread in a 13x 9 inch baking dish.  Combine the eggs, milk, 1/3 cup of sugar and vanilla.  Pour half of this mixture on top of the bread.  Top that with half of the apples.
2. Combine the cinnamon, nutmeat, and the rest of the sugar.  Sprinkle half of this mixture over the apples.
3. Top that layer with the remaining apples.
4. Pour the remaining egg mixture over the apples.  Sprinkle with the rest of the sugar mixture.
5. Cover the pan and chill for 8 hours (or overnight).
6. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let the dish stand for 5 minutes before serving.