
Ease of Preparation: Easy
Yield: 4 servings
Who wants a party to end? With host Vanessa Gianfrancesco’s favorite indulgent recipes on Gusto TV’s ‘Let’s Brunch’, the party continues right through brunch! Vanessa whips up a mouth-watering Stuffed French Toast, made with melted chocolate chips, smooth peanut butter, vanilla, and sweet bananas. How does she top it off? Drizzled with more chocolate and dusted with icing sugar, of course!
Ingredients:
- 8 slices egg loaf bread
- ¾ cup (180 ml) peanut butter
- ¾ cup (180 ml) mini chocolate chips
- 2 bananas, sliced into coins
- 6 eggs
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) cream
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon (1.25 ml) cinnamon
- Butter, for frying
Chocolate sauce:
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- ¾ cup (180 ml) heavy cream
Icing sugar, to garnish
Method:
Spread peanut butter onto each piece of bread. Lay banana pieces on top of half of the slices, and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the same slices. Lay the slices that only have peanut butter on them on top, with peanut butter facing down.
To a casserole dish, add eggs, cream, vanilla, and cinnamon. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Carefully add a sandwich at a time to the egg mixture and turn to coat.
Heat a skillet with butter. Once the butter has melted, add as many sandwiches as can fit in the skillet. Fry 3 minutes each side, or until golden brown. While they are cooking on the second side, press down on the sandwich with a spatula to flatten it slightly.
To make the chocolate sauce, add chocolate chips to a bowl. Pour cream into a small saucepan. Heat to just before boiling. Take off the heat and pour over the chocolate chips. Stir until melted.
Cut the French toast sandwiches in half and add to plates. Drizzle chocolate sauce over top. Dust icing sugar on top.