Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"

Recipe courtesy Busick Court Restaurant

Show: $40 a DayEpisode: Salem

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RECIPE
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Cook Time:
18 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 18 min
Total:: 43 min

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Ingredients

1/4 cup pancake mix
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
12 eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups brown sugar
4 ripe bananas, sliced
1 large (1 1/2 to 2-pound) loaf unsliced French bread
About 2 cups crushed crunchy corn cereal (recommended: Corn Flakes)
About 12 tablespoons butter

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the pancake mix with enough water to make a thin batter. Add nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar and eggs. Whisk together until smooth, about 3 minutes.

In a medium bowl, mix together walnuts, brown sugar, and banana slices.

Slice the ends off the French bread. Starting at 1 end, measure about a half inch down the loaf and slice the bread 3/4 of the way through. Measure about another half inch, and slice cleanly through the bread. You should have a 1-inch slice of bread with a cut down the middle. Repeat this process until the bread is all sliced up.

Take a piece of the cut French bread and stuff a few tablespoons of the banana mixture into the slit in the middle. Add a good amount, but do not overstuff so that the mixture won't stay in the center. Repeat until all the slices are stuffed.

Preheat a skillet or flat-top grill over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, coat it with 2 tablespoons of butter.

Pour the crushed-up cornflakes onto a plate. Take a slice of stuffed bread and dip it into the egg mixture, coating both sides liberally. Then press the bread into the cornflakes and flip it to coat both sides. Place the bread on the grill or skillet and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Flip the toast over and cook the other side. Repeat the coating and cooking process for each slice of bread, and add more butter to the grill or skillet as necessary, about 2 tablespoons of butter per slice.

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recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
nicole ny, NY 06-23-2009
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with just a little tweeking a great "wow" item
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i read some of the reviews before i made the recipe the first time and i must say they were dead on! i cut the sugar to 3/4... cup and it was still quite sweet. also for the second go round i used 1cup of pancake mix to help make more of a crust and that worked great too! but the best thing i did was substitute strawberries for bananas- the acidity of the berries helps balance out the richness of the dish! needless to say my friends and family are still asking when im going to make it again. its the perfect wow item for brunch!!! ps they are the best right off the grill so i cooked them all then put them in the oven at 250 to stay nice and warm till it was time to eat!!!Read more
recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
Erika Escondido, CA 03-05-2009
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????
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

What do i with the pancake mix?
recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
Casey Los Angeles,, CA 03-04-2009
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What?!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I probably won't end up making this because I can't figure out what he's talking about in his instructions for slicing the... bread. I read it three times and can't envision how he is slicing it.Read more
recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
Rachel Salem, OR 01-10-2009
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The best french toast ever!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe!
recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
Anonymous 03-01-2008
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Very good with modifications...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I loved this recipe. I did make modifications though. As suggested by some, I used only 8 eggs, multigrain pancake mix, and... 1/4 cup sugar. I used only 3 bananas and 3/4 cups brown sugar. There was plenty brown sugar left in the bowl, I could have used less. I used rice crispies for the cereal and didn't add the nuts. Also, I used challah for the bread and simply cut a thickness of 1 inch slice in half. This worked. I also had plenty of the egg mixture left over. My dad and I loved the recipe, while my mom thought it was too sweet--for me it was perfectly sweetened. One last note: It made more than the recipe says.Read more
recipe Banana Stuffed French Toast, "Ultimate-Style"
Anonymous 07-15-2007
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Worth a try if you can handle the sweetness
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is super sweet, doesn't even need syrup. Not too difficult to make and worth the effort. My family enjoyed it and I'm... sure you can easily adapt it to your own tastes and try it another way. I'd make it again.Read more