Gooey Chocolate and Banana French Toast

Directions

• Place sugar, cream, cinnamon, vanilla bean paste and eggs into a bowl. Whisk until well combined.
• Cut banana into 3rds and each piece into 3 lengths (you should have 9 pieces in total.
• Place a chopping board onto the bench. Dip 1 side of the bread into the egg mixture, place the dipped side down onto a chopping board. Spread the side facing up (undipped side) with chocolate spread (all the way to the edge), place 2 slices of banana on the bread.
• Dip another piece of bread one sided into the egg mixture, place the undipped side on top of the bananas, press down around the edges.
• Repeat with the remaining 6 slices of bread. You should have 8 sandwiches.
•  Heat a large non-stick fry pan to a medium temperature, add 1 tbsp of butter into the pan.
• Once the pan is hot use an egg flip to place 1 sandwich in the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes until golden. Use a spatula to flip it over and cook for 2-3 minutes on the other side.
• Add a little more butter to the pan if needed and repeat step 6 for the remaining 3 sandwiches.
•  Cut in half on a plate and serve with a drizzle of maple syrup and fresh berries.
• To serve
• Maple syrup
• cup fresh blueberries
• Gooey chocolate and banana French toast
• Kids in the kitchen can:
• Measure the ingredients and whisk the egg mixture together.
• Slice the banana
• Dip and assemble the sandwiches
• Older kids (10+) may also help to fry the French toast.