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Challah French Toast with Cranberry-Orange Sauce

Thick slices of challah soak up an orange-vanilla egg custard and are fried in butter until crisp outside and creamy inside. A sweet-tart cranberry and orange sauce makes it special enough for a holiday brunch.

  • YieldServes 4 (8 slices)
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total43 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

French toast

  • 6eggs, large
  • 120 mlwhole milk, about 1/2 cup
  • ½ tspvanilla extract
  • 1 tsporange zest, finely grated
  • 8 sliceschallah, or brioche, cut 2.5 cm (1 inch) thick
  • 1½ tbspunsalted butter, plus more as needed

Cranberry-orange sauce

  • 200 gfresh cranberries, about 2 cups
  • 100 gsugar, about 1/2 cup
  • 60 mlorange juice, about 1/4 cup
  • 60 mlsweet orange marmalade, about 1/4 cupoptional

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Kosher-style

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Sesame
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Poppy seeds
  • Wheat
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Berries (any)
  • Cranberry
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Orange
  • Vanilla
  • Yeast
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp
  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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