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Jan's New Year's Day brunch french toast

2 large loaves challah, sliced 1 inch thick, ends discarded.
one dozen eggs, cracked into a large bowl (discard shells please)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 tbsp honey
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
one pint of heavy cream
put pyrex baking dish in oven, and turn oven on 200-250F
set skillets on stove on low flame with a tablespoon of butter to melt in each
**I do this with skillets on all 4 burners - not recommended unless you have pretty darn good coordination**
set bread aside and beat all other ingredients together until completely incorporated. no set order needed.
dip slices of bread one at a time into mixture, coating both sides. transfer into hot pan well coated with melted butter. cook until browned, flip and repeat, when browned on both sides, transfer into pyrex dish in oven to stay warm while you cook all of the french toast.

I serve this with coffee, tea, mimosas, and a home made hot apple compote, fresh whipped cream, warm maple syrup, whipped cinnamon honey butter. and fresh fruit. (feel free to ask for the apple compote and or cinnamon honey butter recipes if you like)

I toss the set aside ends of the bread (broken into chunks) with any remaining batter into a skillet at the end and make the dog a "french toast omlette" - you can as well depending on your dog's tolerance to the ingredients and the persnickityness of your vet.

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