New Orleans French Toast

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CampRecipes Classic Archive

This recipe is part of the CampRecipes Classic Recipe Archive. It was originally submitted to the CampRecipes community and is preserved as historical outdoor cooking content. Some formatting, ingredient wording, or cooking guidance may reflect the original submission.

Because these are preserved vintage recipes, they have not been reviewed for modern allergen labeling, nutrition accuracy, food-safety guidance, or current outdoor-cooking best practices. Please review the ingredients carefully, use safe food handling, and adapt the recipe as needed for your equipment, location, dietary needs, and current fire restrictions.

Original Date: 2002-11-04
Serves: 5-6
Prep Time: 1-30m
Difficulty: average
Backpacking: No

Ingredients

  • 12 slices day old bread
  • About 1/4 cups soft butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teasspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 Tablespoons melted butter

Instructions

Spread bread with soft butter. Sprinkle 2 slices with brouwn sugar, useing about 2 Tablespoons on each. Cover these slices with the other buttered slices, making a sandwich. Cut each into quarters. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add egg yolks, milk and melted butter. Mix well. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter, coating each sandwiche well. Have 1/2 inche of fat good and hot in skillet. Cook sandwiches on both sides until brown, turning only once. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar, serve with tart jelly and a platter of crisp bacon.

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