Apple Butter Banana Bread French Toast with Apple Butter Honey Syrup
Baked apple butter banana bread french toast, drizzled with a quick apple butter honey syrup.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr20 minutesmins
Servings: 6-8 servings
Author: Nikki Gladd
Ingredients
For the banana bread:
2cupsall-purpose flour
1 ½teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspoonsalt
2eggs, lightly beaten
1 ½cupsmashed ripe bananas
1cupgranulated sugar
½cupapple butter
¼cupchopped walnuts(optional)
For the French toast:
2large eggs, lightly beaten
½cupmilk
1teaspoonvanilla extract
½teaspoonground cinnamon
Dash of allspice
Pinch of salt
2Tablespoonsbutter
For the apple butter honey syrup:
½cupapple butter
¼cuphoney
2tablespoonspancake syrup
Instructions
For the banana bread, at least one day before making the French toast:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, sugar and apple butter. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients all at once. Gently stir until just combined. (Do not over mix, the batter should still be lumpy.) Fold in the walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until a wooden toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on cooling rack. For best results, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store overnight before slicing for the French toast.
For the French toast (the next day):
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Preheat a griddle to 350 degrees F or a nonstick skillet to medium heat.
Slice about ¼-inch off the ends of the banana bread and discard. Cut the rest of the loaf into about 8 thick slices, about 1 and ¼-inch thick each.
In a pie plate, or a wide deep dish, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Melt the butter on the griddle or skillet. Dip each slice of bread into the egg batter, one at a time and place on the hot griddle. Cook each side of the bread slices for 1-2 minutes, until browned. Transfer to a baking sheet.
Bake all of the bread slices at once in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until heated through and outer edges are crispy. Remove from the oven and serve immediately with apple butter honey syrup.
For the apple butter honey syrup:
Whisk together the apple butter, honey, and pancake syrup in a small microwavable bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir and serve immediately.