Bacon-Crusted Fruit-Stuffed French Toast

This tastes like a strawberry croissant. It's crunchy, sweet, and a little salty. I never really cared for French toast until I started playing around and invented this. Serve with your favorite syrup.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 14 mins
• Total Time: 39 mins
• Calories: 915 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ½ teaspoon lemon juice
• 4 slices bacon
• ½ cup coconut milk
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 4 slices bread
• 1 dash salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 4 strawberries, diced, or more to taste
• 1 sprig mint leaves, slivered

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place bacon slices in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon slices to paper towels; dice. Reserve bacon grease.

Step 2

Blend cream cheese, 2 tablespoons butter, and sugar in a separate bowl. Fold strawberries and lemon juice into the filling.

Step 3

Divide filling between 2 slices of bread, spreading it out to the edges. Cover with remaining 2 slices of bread. Press sandwiches lightly together.

Step 4

Mix eggs, coconut milk, vanilla extract, ground nutmeg, and salt in a shallow bowl to make egg wash.

Step 5

Melt 1 1/2 teaspoon reserved bacon grease and 1 1/2 teaspoon butter in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle half the diced bacon evenly in the skillet. Dip 1 side of each sandwich in the egg wash. Place on top of the bacon in the skillet; cook until eggs are set and slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

Step 6

Melt remaining 1 1/2 teaspoon bacon grease and 1 1/2 teaspoon butter in the skillet. Sprinkle remaining diced bacon in the skillet. Dip the second side of each sandwich in egg wash and return to the skillet; cook until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 7

Cut sandwiches in half and garnish with mint.