Name: Vanilla French Toast with Brown Sugar–Cranberry Sauce
Yield: Serves 3
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Peel of 1 orange, cut into 4 long pieces; 6 tbsp/85 g unsalted butter; ¼ cup/60 ml heavy cream; ½ tsp kosher salt; 2 tbsp water; ½ cup + 2 tbsp/140 g brown sugar; ¼ tsp vanilla extract; 1½ tbsp sugar; ¾ cup/180 ml heavy cream; 6 eggs; 2 cups/300 g frozen or fresh cranberries, whole; 6 slices Brioche or store-bought challah, cut 1 in/2.5 cm thick; ¼ tsp kosher salt

Preparation info

Serves
3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Huckleberry

By Zoe Nathan

Published 2014

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Make this your let-your-tired-wife-sleep-in surprise. They’re simple to make but appear very time-consuming and thoughtful. You’ll get major brownie points here, I promise.

Normally, I would say substitute whatever fruit you like for the sauce, but the sourness of the cranberries is crucial to cutting the sweetness of the brown sugar and rounding out this dish.

I love to serve this French toast with whipped cream, salty bacon, and nice runny eggs. Now go show her how great y