Lorena Garcia's Baked Crispy French Toast

Submitted by MarraMamba

"Chef Garcia's version, with strawberries, yogurt and crushed cornflakes are delicious. Her note on the nutrition info: "0when compared to a traditional recipe, has a 19 percent reduction in calories, a 25 percent reduction in carbohydrates and a 64 percent reduction in sugars!""

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 3⁄4 cup half-and-half
• 1⁄2 cup Splenda sugar substitute, granular
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs
• 6 slices white bread, crusts removed and cut diagonally in half (1 inch slices)
• 4 cups corn flakes cereal, finely crushed
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup strawberry, sliced
• 1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt
• fresh mint sprig (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine milk, half-and-half, SPLENDA® Granular, and vanilla; whisk until SPLENDA® Granular dissolves. Add eggs, whisking until blended.
3. Dip bread into the milk mixture; dredge in cornflakes cereal. Place on a baking sheet.
4. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Sprinkle a small amount of cinnamon over 6 plates. Arrange 2 toast triangles in the center of each plate. Arrange strawberries around toast; top toast with a small scoop of vanilla yogurt. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Reviews

[CookingONTheSide]

Just wonderful! This was very crispy and delicious. My family loved it. I used the cornflake crumbs that come already crushed in a box and they worked great.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

This is a great recipe but make certain that your cornflake crumbs are *very* finely crushed for this recipe or they will not hold onto the bread, a problem I ran into while making this! I used 1/4 cup sugar for this in place of Splenda and all milk, thanks for sharing Marra!...Kitten:)

 

[Sydney Mike]

Certainly a different way of making French toast, & a wonderfully satisfying way, at that! I cut the recipe in half & also used a strawberry yogurt! Appreciated that this toast was baked! Thanks for sharing your recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Please Review My Recipe cooking game]

 

[YiayiaMouse]

Really yummy! We'll make this again, and I am thinking that we'll try eggnog rather than half and half, and use whipping cream rather than yogurt. This together wtih raspberries sounds like New Year's morning to me! Thanks, MM. This could start a new tradition!

 

[anme7039]

I made this for a nice sunday breakfast treat. I used skim milk instead of half and half and 1%, also used egg whites and a little cornstarch instead of egg yolk. Also I scaled this down to use about 3 silced of bread just fine. I love how much more healthy this is than normal pan fried toast with all the butter. Also to bring ou the strawberries on top I used strawberry yogurt on the bread slices to serve. Also I did not need the full amount of cornflakes, but I wasnt too generous with them. Excellent recipe!