cooking tips

Brunch

Meal Preparation Tips

Baked French Toast is really like a bread pudding and makes a wonderful brunch dish, you

Cooking bacon in the oven is probably the easiest way to prepare bacon, just handle the tray

Oven Croissant French Toast w/Apricot Preserves

6 – croissants, halved

1 – 8oz container whipped cream cheese

1 – jar apricot preserves

6 – large eggs

2 – cups half & half

1 – teaspoon vanilla

Preheat the oven to Convection 350°

Spread each of the bottom halves of the croissants with a generous smear of cream cheese

and top with a generous amount of the apricot preserves. Place the top on each of the

croissants and place in a glass-baking dish.

Crack the eggs into a large bowl and beat with a whisk, add the half and half and vanilla and

beat for a few minutes to combine. Pour over the croissants pushing the croissants down

from time to time until all the liquid is absorbed, about 10-15 minutes. The prepared French

toast can be covered and refrigerated overnight or several hours prior to cooking.

Bake the French toast for 30-35 minutes until pu

ed and golden.

Oven Bacon

1 – 1lb package hickory smoked bacon

Preheat the oven to Convection 350°

Lay the bacon slices on the rack in the black baking pan and slide into the oven. Cook for

20-25 minutes depending on the thickness of the bacon.

Pour the liquid fat into a container for disposal or let it harden then scrape out of the pan

and discard before washing the pan in the dishwasher.