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Default Christmas Breakfast Ideas?

>> Becca wrote:
>>
>>> Oven baked French Toast
>>>
>>> 1 lb. loaf stale French bread, diagonally sliced in 1" pieces
>>> 8 eggs
>>> 2 cups milk
>>> 1 1/2 cups Half & Half
>>> 2 tsp. vanilla extract
>>> 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
>>> 1 1/3 cup sugar (or Splenda)
>>> butter

>>
>>> Becca

>>
>> Dang that's a LOT of sugar! Here is my recipe for comparison-

> snip
> I'm always surprised to see sugar in any form with French toast. My mom
> made it frequently and we sprinkled it with salt to eat.
> Janet

Janet,
I don't put sugar in it as syrup makes it plenty sweet. However, I have made
a savory French Toast on occasion, with sage, rosemary and shaved Grada
Padano. Last time I topped it with an olive tapenade. I like it but it
received mixed reviews from the masses.

Jon

Jon