The Jefferson Inn

Ellicottville, New York

Specialty Recipe

The Jefferson Inn French Toast

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Innkeepers Donna and Jim would like to acknowledge that this recipe was given to them by Joyce Evans of Ellicottville. It is the most popular of their breakfast recipes. Donna added the blueberries.

Ingredients:

One 16-ounce loaf unsliced Italian bread, cubed with crusts on

One 8-ounce package cream cheese, cubed

8 eggs

2-1/2 cups milk, light cream, or half & half

6 Tablespoons melted butter

1/4 cup maple syrup

Blueberries

Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Place 1/2 the bread cubes on the bottom, then the cubed cream cheese, and then the remaining bread cubes plus blueberries. Beat together eggs, milk, melted butter, and syrup (we use a blender). Pour egg mixture over bread. Press bread down so all is covered with egg mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 to 24 hours (we freeze and thaw overnight in the refrigerator).

Bake at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes (it will stay warm in the oven for a few hours). Serve with warm maple syrup.

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