For those of you that do breakfast for dinner, here's a recipe that I tried and it came out really good.
Peaches 'n Cream French Toast
10-12 slices of coarse white bread, crusts removed
3 eggs
2 cups half and half
1 tsp vanilla
dash of ground nutmeg
dash of cinnamon
For the filling:
8 oz. of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2-3 fresh peaches, peeled & sliced (one 16 oz can of drained peach halves, sliced, can be substituted)
Arrange half of the bread on the bottom of a buttered 11 x 7 glass baking dish.
In a separate bowl combine the 3 eggs, half & half, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg & cinnamon. Mix well.
In a separate bowl beat together all the filling ingredients, except the peaches, and set the filling aside. The filling will be creamy.
Pour half the egg mixture over the bread slices in the pan. Pour all of the filling ingredients over this and spread evenly to the sides of the dish. Arrange the peach slices over the filling. Arrange the remaining bread slices over the peaches. Pour the remaining egg mixture over the top layer of bread. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight (or at least 6-8 hours).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake covered for thirty minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 30-40 minutes longer or until puffy and golden. Serve with warm maple syrup if desired.
This was so good! I made it in the morning before I went to work and had DH take it out of the refrigerator when he got home from work to bring it to room temperature (about half an hour) before putting it in the oven. I used the fresh peaches because we had some that were starting to get a bit ripe and I wanted to use them up.