Stuffed French Toast with Sweet Berry Sauce

Breakfast will never be the same. This recipe will change your life. Try it stuffed. If you don't like it, its almost as good without the filling.

What You'll Need:

For the Toast -
One loaf of King's Hawaiian Bread (the best bread ever for french toast)
Eggs
Cinnamon
Vanilla Extract
Milk

For the filling -
Cream Cheese (softened) - you can add some cinnamon to it if you'd like

For the Sauce -
Fresh Berries (I use strawberries and blueberries)
Sugar
An orange
*Again, nothing precise. Go with your instincts. You don't have any instincts? Go with your gut. No gut, either? Then just do what you want.*


What You'll Do:

Start the sauce -
1. Put berries, sugar, the juice of an orange, and some orange zest (grating of the outer peel) in a saucepan. Put on the stove over medium-ish heat. Stir occasionally. The goal is to make the sauce not super thick but not too runny either. The berries will take some time to break down and release their liquid. Wait awhile before judging the consistency. If it needs to be thicker, add a bit more sugar.

Prepare the bread -
1. Slice the Hawaiian bread in about 1" slices. For the longer slices in the center of the loaf, cut them in half so they're a bit more manageable.
2. Slice almost all the way through each 1" slice to prepare a pocket for the stuffing. Just make sure it stays together, so stop short of going all the way through.
3. Using a spoon or knife, put a good amount of cream cheese inside the slices.

Prepare the egg bath -
1. Beat eggs in a bowl along with a little milk, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. This french toast will soak up a lot of egg mixture, so you may have to mix more partway through.

Make the toast -
1. Turn on electric skillet or stovetop pan.
2. Dip each slice in the egg bath, coating both sides.
3. Cook. With the thickness of the slices, you may need to prop them up in the pan to cook the thickness of the slice (the 1" flat part on the front)
4. Top the toast with the completed berry sauce and maybe even some powdered sugar for good measure.
5. Never see breakfast the same way again.
6. Tell your friends and family about it.

A nice companion to the french toast is, of course, bacon.