Pineapple Upside Down French Toast

Submitted by Bliss

"Enjoy with a huge mug of coffee and some bacon on the side."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 59.14 ml butter
• 59.14 ml dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 283.49 g crushed pineapple with juice, drained
• 59.14 ml pineapple juice, reserved
• 2 large eggs
• 236.59 ml milk
• 59.14 ml half-and-half
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml cinnamon
• 1.23 ml vanilla
• 8 slice French bread (1")

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. In a saucepan, melt butter over moderate heat and stir in sugar until dissolved.
3. Add pineapple, stirring well to incorporate.
4. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, half and half, reserved pineapple juice, salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
5. Lightly grease a 13 x 9 pan and spread pineapple mixture evenly over bottom.
6. Dip bread slices into milk mixture and arrange in one layer on top of pineapple mixture.
7. Bake french toast in middle of oven 20-25 minutes or until bread is golden.
8. French toast can be made a day ahead of time, covered with plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator.
9. Serves 4.

Reviews

[Elly in Canada]

DH and I enjoyed this version of French toast for breakfast. I had to use fresh pineapple chunks so I prepared it a little differently. I put the hot pieces of pineapple in my baking dish (lined with parchment paper) poured the butter,sugar and juice mixture over the pineapple, I added a few macadamia nuts and then placed the dipped bread slices on top. I used multigrain bread to replace the French bread, it tasted great! When it was baked I flipped the whole thing over onto a serving dish and removed the paper, it worked perfectly! I used the remaining egg mixture to dip additional bread slices and fried them in butter until golden, I will freeze them for another day. Served with crispy bacon; what a great combination of flavours, salty bacon, sweet sauce and tart pineapple and a hint of cinnamon!! I will definitely make this again. Thanks Bliss!