Baked Spiced Dried Apple French Toast

There are all kinds of ways to use French toast for cooking, this recipe is more like a bread pudding, but with low-fat milk, egg whites and some raisins and dried apples, definitely a good way to use up old bread, also much lower fat is a better for you.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups milk, 1%

1 cup egg whites

2 tbsp honey

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/8 tsp salt

½ pound whole wheat, oat or white bread

½ cup dried apples, chopped

¼ cup raisins

1 tsp cinnamon, ground

¼ tsp nutmeg

2 tsp powdered sugar

Directions: 

Whisk milk, egg whites, honey, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl.

Trim crusts off 4 slices of bread and set aside. Cut the crusts and the remaining bread into 1-inch pieces. Toss with dried apples, raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg in another large bowl.

Coat a 9-by-9-inch or 7-by-10 inch baking pan with cooking spray.

Transfer the bread mixture into the pan. Lay the reserved crustless slices evenly on top, trimming to fit.

Whisk the milk mixture again, then pour evenly over the bread. Press the bread down with the back of a wooden spoon, and make sure it’s evenly moist.

Cover with parchment paper, then foil paper, and refrigerate for at least 10 hours or up to 1 day.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake the casserole, covered, for 40 minutes. Uncover and keep baking until puffed, set and lightly browned, about 22 minutes more. Let stand for 10 minutes on a wire rack, dust with confectioners’ sugar. Serve warm. 6 Servings.