Stuffed French Toast With Strawberry Grand Marnier

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 loaf french bread, not sliced
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons grand marnier or 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 cups strawberries, sliced

Recipe

• 1 cut french bread into 8-10 1-inch thick slices.
• 2 make a slit in the crust of each slice.
• 3 combine cinnamon, nutmeg, cream cheese and sugar.
• 4 spoon cream cheese mixture into slits of bread.
• 5 whisk eggs and half-and-half together.
• 6 dip each slice of bread into egg mixture and place in well-greased 9 x 13-inch pan.
• 7 pour remaining egg mixture over all and soak overnight.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees 35 minutes or until golden and puffed.
• 9 serve with strawberry grand marnier sauce.
• 10 strawberry grand marnier sauce:.
• 11 1/3 cup butter - melted.
• 12 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar.
• 13 1 tablespoons corn starch.
• 14 3 tablespoons grand marnier (orange juice may be substituted).
• 15 2 cups strawberries - sliced.
• 16 melt butter in skillet; slowly add powdered sugar, cornstarch and grand marnier and allow mixture to thicken over low heat.
• 17 add strawberries at last minute.
• 18 spoon small amount of mixture over each piece of french toast.