Macadamia Nut French Toast

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2/3 cup orange juice
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 loaf italian bread, cut into 1-inch slices
• 2/3 cup butter or 2/3 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
• powdered sugar
• ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 combine first six ingredients, stirring well.
• 2 fit bread slices in a single layer into a lightly greased 13x9x2 baking dish.
• 3 pour egg mixture over bread slices.
• 4 cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight, turning bread once.
• 5 the next morning, pour butter into a 15x10x1 jellyroll pan.
• 6 place bread slices in a single layer in pan.
• 7 bake at 400 for 10 minutes.
• 8 sprinkle with nuts and bake an additional 10 minutes.
• 9 garnish with powdered sugar and/or nutmeg.
• 10 serve with maple syrup if desired.