Prep the night before and place in a warm and toasty oven in the AM
(If you don’t keep your oven on over yuntif you can bake this in advance and just reheat on a hot plate or in a warming drawer.)
Individual Baked Challah French Toast with Caramelized Bananas
Servings
6 Servings
Ingredients
- Whipped cream for garnish
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 large eggs
- 4 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 challah cut into 1/2-inch cubes (1 pound)
- 2 cup cornflakes coarsely crushed
- 5 tablespoon unsalted butter divided
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- pinch Kosher salt
- 3 bananas peeled and diced
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine milk, heavy cream, eggs, sugar, vanilla, orange zest, and cinnamon and beat well. Add challah and toss to coat all the cubes with liquid mixture. Divide between 6 (8-ounce) greased ramekins. (Cover the ramekins and refrigerate overnight, if needed.) 2. Preheat oven to 350° F. 3. Sprinkle each ramekin with crushed cornflakes and top with 1 teaspoon butter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until set in the center. 4. Meanwhile, melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and salt and cook 2 minutes until bubbly. Add bananas and cook 5 minutes or until caramelized. Remove from heat and set aside. 5. To serve, top each individual French toast with 1 tablespoon of caramelized bananas and a dollop of whipped cream.
what is with that love of your life?!?! 🙂 you can caramelize apples, or pears, or pineapples or mangos…. enough options for ya?
Hmm. This sounds amazing! I would love to try it for a sunday brunch! Do you think the caramelizing will work with apples or pears? I love, love, love, bananas but the love of my life does not.
yes that’s 2 cups! not cans so sorry – will fix. And you can make this pareve: In place of 1 cup whole milk and 1/2 cup heavy cream use 1 1/2 cups soy milk (you can also use almond milk or do a mix of 1 cup soy or almond milk plus 1/2 cup coconut milk – the idea is to have 1 1/2 cups total of non-dairy “milk”) and just use margarine instead of butter — I like Earth Balance.
Oh My! I definitely meant 2 cups NOT cans will fix that! this recipe is AMAZING you are going to love it
Was 2 “cans” a typo? Did you really mean 2 cups?
Is there a way to make this pareve? Also, how many cups of cornflakes is 2 cans?Thanks!