Peachy Dutch Oven French Toast
1 dozen eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 loaf French or Italian bread, sliced
1/2 pound butter or margarine
1 pound brown sugar
3 (16 ounce) cans peaches, drained and quartered
Heat a large Dutch oven by covering it with coals for 15
minutes.
Beat the eggs, milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon in a large
mixing bowl. Slice the bread and let it soak in the egg mixture.
Remove preheated oven from coals and melt butter in the bottom.
Add brown sugar and mix well with butter until caramelized. Put
the drained peaches over the caramelized sugar. Place the
egg/bread mixture on top of the peaches, cover with lid and
return the Dutch oven to the coals. Bake 45 minutes at about 350
degrees F (medium hot coals. Cooking time is shorter if the
temperature is higher, but watch the edges so they don't burn).
For the first 10 minutes, use coals only on the bottom. Then add
coals to the oven top and continue baking until done. With the
caramel topping, you probably won't even need syrup.
Serves 8. |