Yo Halla on the Square

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One reviewer started converting this ridiculous recipe by an eighth and this looked delicious, so I decided to try and finish it and save anyone else interested the grief.

Ingredients

1 cup + 10 tablespoons bananas, browning and peeled
1 1/2 teaspoons margarine or butter, plus additional butter for frying
4 1/4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 hazelnut liqueur
7 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
1 fresh challah

French Toast Batter

1 cup eggs
2 tablespoons half-and-half or 10% cream
1 pinch of nutmeg
2 pinches of cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar

Compote

8 1/2 tablespoons frozen blueberries
2 tablespoons water
4 1/4 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons water-cornstarch slurry: 2 parts water, 1 part cornstarch; aka 1 1/2 tablespoon water, 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
8 1/2 tablespoons frozen strawberries

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We modified this recipe quite a bit to serve 6 of us, but the results were fantastic. We are making it for Christmas morning brunch. Thank you Food Network for showing this and giving us the recipe!

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I loved this recipe. The challah bread is so light and has a perfect texture for french toast. I reduced the sugar quite a bit so it wouldn't be overwhelmingly sweet. I had extra filling, so I put it in a sandwich for lunch. I used brick cream cheese and next time I will whip it before I incorporate the banana mixture because I had chunks of cream cheese in my filling...not a bad thing, just could be better incorporated. The compote makes the dish. Enjoy!

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Great brunch recipe or when you have lots of company in town. I used cinnamon swirl instead of challah bread. Try it and you won't be disappointed.

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Excellent flavor combinations. Had to modify the quantities, obviously, but it still tasted great. Used Spice Rum in the banana mixture instead of frangelico, worked great.

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A large egg is 2 oz, so 64 (or 5 1/4 dozen should make about a gallon. I assume you aren't making the whole recipe, so about a cup of eggs and 2 tablespoons of half and half and 2 of sugar, one pinch of nutmeg and two pinches of cinnamon should work for the batter. Good luck.

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I want to make this recipe, but I find the ingredient measurements confusing. Exactly how many eggs are in a gallon? I tuned into this episode of the show late, so did not see the French Toast batter being prepared. Can anyone help?

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We now make this once a month in our house. We have used sourdough and french bread as well with this recipe and they are equally good. Very filling so it is a great brunch recipe. Thanks for sharing Metro Diner

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Absolutely amazing!! This was our Christmas breakfast. I do modified the recipe for a family of 4. Instead of hazelhut liqueur, I used vanilla - delicious!!! I had enough to enjoy another day. Thank you Metro Diner for sharing!

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I tried to Half it and then haft it again, bc i just wanted to make it for two people, it was kinda hard to get exact measurements but turned out soo YUMMYY!
made 3 full pieces! easily will feed 4 people!
and i couldnt find the challah bread so i used texas frech toast, and it was great!