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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (296g) Recipe makes 4 servings
Calories 503
Calories from Fat 155		(30%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 17.2g	26%
	Saturated Fat 5.8g	29%
	Monounsaturated Fat 6.2g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 2.5g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 384mg		128%
Sodium 738mg		30%
Potassium 365mg		10%
Total Carbohydrate 63.4g		21%
	Dietary Fiber 2.6g	10%
	Sugars 11.8g
Protein 23.2g		46%
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Barefoot Contessa's Challah French Toast

Recipe #85447 | 22 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: Bri22
Mar 1, 2004

I just watched Barefoot Contessa and she made a romantic breakfast for dinner for her husband. I have posted the other things she made which are Barefoot Contessa's Hash Browns - Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa's Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, and Barefoot Contessa's Raspberry Champagne. She also made sausage links which I'm sure everyone knows how to cook in a pan ;>

SERVES 4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

1 loaf challah, sliced and left out to dry
1 1/2 cups whole milk or half-and-half
6 large eggs
1 pinch salt, to taste
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest, to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
butter (for frying)
oil (for frying)

Directions

1
In a shallow dish large enough to hold three slices of challah side by side, whisk eggs and milk.
2
Add orange zest, honey and vanilla.
3
Add salt.
4
Place three slices of the bread in the egg mixture and let soak about three minutes each side.
5
Meanwhile melt one tbsp of butter and oil each in a large frying pan.
6
Transfer challah to pan and cook 3 minutes on each side or until nicely browned.
7
Add a little more butter for each round of bread.
8
If you are making the other recipes transfer french toast to oven until rest of meal is complete.

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From: dimply dots

On Jun 27, 2009

Delicious! I added a squeeze of the orange for extra flavor and adjusted the servings for 2. Slicing the challah yourself into nice thick slices is key. I've used pre-sliced thin challah before and it isn't as good as the thick slices.

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From: Nikoma

On Mar 24, 2009

Exellent french toast! I'd never made it with challah before but I had quite a bit left over. I think I'm spoiled now, it's so much better useing this bread! Used 2% milk and had to use white sugar for the honey because I'm out. Can't wait to try it again useing the honey. I love the orange, it's just a light accent but it makes all the difference. Will make again. Update - bumping this to 5 stars. I froze a bunch of this and broke it out for breakfast. BF never says a word about what I feed him, good or bad. But he actually commented that this turned out really well! AND my finicky difficult Mother also thought it was fantastic, and a nice switch from the usual. Thank you Bri!

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From: LeahMarie

On Feb 14, 2005

This was sooo good. Of course I couldn't find challah bread, so I used Hawaiian bread. It turned out wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

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From: Velouria

On Apr 21, 2007

I just got the Barefoot Contessa Family Style Cookbook and tried this recipe. We loved it; it was the best french toast I've ever had. I made the recipe as written, and it turned out fabulous. The outside was a nice golden brown while the inside was creamy and custard-like. If you don't like it that soft on the inside, I would recommend not soaking it for too long as the bread does absorb quite a lot of the egg mixture. I think what makes this recipe special is the challah and the orange zest. Yummy!

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