Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Food 911Episode: B&B Breakfast

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (46)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
35 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

Batter:

3 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Pinch ground cinnamon

Caramel Apples:

1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and cut in 1/2-inch-thick wedges
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 large croissants, halved lengthwise
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Ground cinnamon, for dusting

Directions

Make the batter for the French toast by whisking together the eggs, milk, vanilla, and cinnamon until evenly blended. Cover and refrigerate.

Pay close attention while you make the caramel apples - put the sugar in a large dry skillet and place it over medium-low heat. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the sugar melts and begins to caramelize, about 5 minutes. Be careful; the sugar is really hot at this point. Still stirring, add the butter, which will foam a little. Once the sugar and butter become a caramel sauce, fold in the apple wedges. Now, because the apples are cooler than the sugar, the sugar may start to seize and harden, but don't freak out -- keep stirring, once the apples warm up the caramel will smooth out again. When the caramel sauce starts to form around the apples, pour in the maple syrup. Give it a stir and simmer for about 10 minutes until the apples are fork tender. Pull them off the heat and keep warm until you are ready to serve.

For the French toast itself, warm the butter in a large non-stick skillet over medium-low heat. You probably will only be able to fit a couple of croissants in the pan at once, so prepare these in batches. Take a croissant half and quickly dredge it in the batter. The key word here is quickly; the croissants are very soft and will disintegrate if soaked in the batter. Lay the croissants in the pan, cut-side down, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Carefully flip them over with a spatula and brown the other side.

The presentation is like a caramel apple sandwich - take the bottom half of the croissant and put it on a plate, spoon some of the caramel apples on top of that, and cover with the top 1/2 of the croissant. Dust with confectioners' sugar and cinnamon and serve.

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recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
Bethany Oak Island, NC 04-13-2009
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Delicious Version of French Toast!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

What a great idea to use croissants for french toast. It was sooo delicious?rave reviews from everyone at my table. It was... my first time to make caramel sauce from scratch, so I was a little nervous. It took a little longer than I thought, and I still ended up with a few hardened sugary chunks in the sauce, but it was still delicious. I highly recommend this recipe. My favorite french toast recipe yet!Read more
recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
Grace Southgate, MI 02-28-2009
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Simply the Best!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this recipe a few years ago and never forgot about it. I've only made it once cause life gets hectic, but it was... definitely worth it. I recommend halving the recipe, unless you really plan on feeding 4 people. Excellent! Read more
recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
kimberly Ellenwood, GA 10-12-2008
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Excellent recipe!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have wanted to try this recipe ever since I first saw this episode! I finally tried it a few days ago and I don't want... regular french toast ever again lol. The flavors are awesome, especially the sauce that is made with the caramelized sugar and syrup! I noticed that it also doesn't take long to do the caramelizing if you use a cast iron skillet. It's not that hard to prepare and the confectioner's sugar adds a very nice finishing touch. A definite must try!Read more
recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
Audrey Los Gatos, CA 10-19-2007
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SOOOO GOOD!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

You must make this! It's a crowd pleaser. The carmel sauce was a little tough...give it a chance. It takes a little longer to... carmelize.Read more
recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
Gennifer Beltsville, MD 08-13-2007
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Try adding raisins
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Wonderful mix of sweet flavors to the butteryness of the croisant!
recipe Croissant French Toast with Soft Caramel Apples
David Denver, CO 07-28-2007
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Looks Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

But maybe these recipes full of bread, sugar and butter are what's making Tyler a little "chucnky".