Lemon Cream Cheese French Toast

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces low-fat cream cheese or 8 ounces soft fat-free cream cheese
• 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups fat-free half-and-half
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 small plain french bread

Recipe

• 1 to make filling:.
• 2 in a small bowl, stir together cream cheese, lemon juice, zest and sugar.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 to make batter:.
• 5 blend eggs, half and half, sugar and vanilla and nutmeg in a large flat-bottomed bowl.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 preheat griddle to medium heat and lightly oil.
• 8 spread about two tablespoons filling on one side of a bread slice.
• 9 top with another slice and lightly press together.
• 10 dip sandwhich into batter, turn once and place on griddle.
• 11 cook until lightly browned on each side, about three minutes.
• 12 repeat to make desired number of servings.