Shelly's Recipe

SCRUMPTIOUS FRENCH TOAST

Category: French Toast

1 loaf wide Italian bread, (2 days old )
1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese
8-oz. cottage cheese
1/2 cup raisins (soaked in rum or orange juice for 1/2 hour)
4 eggs
2 cups milk
2 tbsp grated orange peel
1/2 tsp cinnamon
confectioners sugar

Slice Italian bread into 1-in. slices. Discard ends. Slice large pocket in bottom of each slice.

Make stuffing with cream cheese (softened), cottage cheese, soaked raisins, and 1 tbsp grated orange peel. Stuff bread using rounded knife. (At this point bread can be refrigerated, frozen, or used immediately.)

Make batter using eggs and milk, 1 tbsp orange peel, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Generously butter skillet, cover bread with batter and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until nicely browned. Place on heated plate, sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Serve with Vermont maple syrup. Can be garnished with orange slices, grapes and kiwis.