Easy Cooking for Mother's Day part 2

Submitted by Jim
Still looking for ways to impress Mom? This one is good for the kids, too.

Baked French Toast
Keeping with my promise to keep you away from an open flame, this French Toast recipe is simple and will amaze and impress any mom you may know. French toast in general is about as easy as it gets, but I have a method that is even simpler. This way we can bake the whole mess while keeping the counter clear and kitchen clean.

You need french bread, 1 cup of half and half, 1 cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, eggs.

1. To feed about 6 people, start with loaf of French style bread. Find a loaf with a nice thick of crust. Cut this in slices about 1 inch thick and set it aside.
2. Take one cup of half and half cream (you can buy small containers like you used to drink milk from in school) and one cup of milk.
3. Wisk in 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar until it dissolves and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
4. Grease the inside of an oven proof cake pan and arrange the bread slices in it.
5. Pour the egg mixture over it. Let sit a few hours or ideally over night.
6. Bake 350 degrees for 35 –40 minutes. If it’s runny, bake it a little longer, otherwise you are done!
   

Goes great with real maple syrup.

These tips work great with kids of almost any age. Mine started cooking young and have mastered these quite well along with other recipes by about age ten.