Banana Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast Recipes

BANANA STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt butter in a heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat. Once butter is melted add the brown sugar and pinch of cinnamon. Stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar melts into the butter and becomes a sauce. Add bananas and toss together. Let cook until the bananas are soft and incorporated into the sauce. Remove to a bowl and let cool completely. Once cool, add cream cheese and mash with a wooden spoon.
• Using a paring knife, cut a 2-inch-long slits in 1 side of each bread slice, cutting 3/4 of way through bread and creating pocket that leaves 3 sides of bread intact. Divide banana mixture equally among the bread pockets.
• In a large bowl, add eggs, heavy cream, milk, cinnamon and rum and whisk to combine. Pour mixture into a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish. Put the bread into the egg mixture and let soak for 3 minutes, turning occasionally. Remove the bread from egg mixture, using a spatula, letting the excess drain off.
• Spray a wire rack with nonstick spray and put the rack on a baking sheet. Put the bread on the rack and transfer to the oven.
• Bake the French toast until it is golden brown and filling is hot, about 25 minutes. Transfer the toast on a serving platter and garnish with confectioners' sugar and maple syrup.

BANANA, STRAWBERRY, AND CREAM CHEESE STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Chop strawberries and bananas and cream together with strawberry jam and cream cheese.
• Cut bread into 1 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Cut a pocket into the bread but do not cut through the crust on the bottom.
• Stuff with the filling.
• Mix the eggs in a bowl that is not too deep so that the bread does not get soggy.
• Then, using tongs, take your stuffed bread and put one side at a time into the egg mixture.
• Fry in butter until brown.
• Stack in a glass dish and keep warm in the oven until you are finished with the servings you need.
• Liquefy in a blender, 2 cups of strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar, and a little water to make a thick syrup.
• I use frozen berries for this part.
• Put one piece of the French toast on a plate.
• Top with the strawberry sauce.
• Sprinkle on confectionery sugar, and top with some fresh blueberries around the plate.
• Serve at once.

BANANA CREAM FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• For topping: combine bananas, orange juice, sugar and lemon juice and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until the bananas become very soft.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer bananas to blender.
• Add 1/4 cup of the liquid from the pan and puree until smooth.
• Place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and chill until cold (at least 2 hours).
• Just before serving, beat whipping cream in a medium bowl until stiff peaks form.
• Fold banana puree into whipping cream.
• For French toast, whisk together the eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Dip bread slices into egg mixture, coating both sides well.
• Melt butter in skillet or griddle and cook slices over medium heat until golden brown.
• Keep slices in warm oven until all are completed.
• Serve with a generous dollop of banana cream topping and garnish with a few slices of freshly sliced bananas.

BANANA-STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Cut a 3-in. pocket in the crust of each slice of bread. Slice the bananas in half lengthwise and then into 3-in. pieces. Place two pieces of banana in each pocket. In a shallow bowl, beat eggs, milk and vanilla; soak bread for 2 minutes on each side. Fry on a greased griddle over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Serve with syrup if desired.

BANANA/CREAM CHEESE STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Place sliced bananas in a pan over med. heat. Add 1/2 of the sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon. Stir until blended. Cook until bananas are soft but not mushy. Set aside.
• In a med. bowl, combine the cream cheese and yogurt. Blend until smooth. Fold in banana mixture into the cream cheese.
• Beat eggs, milk and the the other 1/2 of the sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Egg wash should be nice and blended.
• To assemble the toast, take 1/3 cup. banana mixture and spread on toast. Ensure you distribute evenly. Place a second piece of toast on top. Dip in egg wash, both sides. Allow excess to drip off. Place on a pre-heated griddle and cook until golden brown. Slice and dust with powder sugar, syrup to taste.

BANANA CREAM CHEESE STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• To make the filling: Mash cream cheese, banana, sugar, and vanilla.
• Slice bread in half and make little "half sandwiches" with the filling inside.
• Next, beat the eggs, milk, and salt in a seperate bowl.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• Dip the little half-sandwiches in the egg/milk mixture and place in the skillet.
• I cook 4 little half-sandwiches at a time for 3 minutes on the first side and 2 on the second until they are golden brown on each side.
• Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and top with raspberries and whipped cream!
• Note: To keep them warm while I cook the rest, I keep them in a warm oven as they get done. Also, be sure to add more butter each time you put new sandwiches in the pan.