Get your children cooking in the kitchen with an easy recipe. Start with safety, add an interest in learning, sprinkle a few simple kitchen skills and finally, mix in great tasting ingredients. Cooking is an excellent way for children to explore important life-building skills such as how to prepare meals or use math to measure ingredients. Even the youngest chefs can help plan, create and serve delicious meals.
Get-Stuffed French Toast
Serves eight to 10
16 ounces of challah or French bread, cubed
8 ounces of Havarti cheese, cut into thin slices
6 eggs
4 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup maple syrup
1½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries
12 ounces of blueberry preserves
Preheat oven to 350o F. Spray a 13×9 baking pan with cooking spray and arrange half of bread cubes on bottom. Top evenly with Havarti and top with remaining bread cubes. Whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, butter and maple syrup. Pour over bread mixture, pressing bread cubes to absorb liquid. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon over top. Cover baking pan with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 30 minutes more or until lightly browned and set. Let stand five minutes. Stir together blueberries and blueberry preserves in a small saucepan over low heat until warm. Serve blueberry sauce over French toast.
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