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       Title: Cinnamon Raisin  French Toast With Date-Nut Butter
  Categories: Bread, Brunch, Breakfast, Posted-mm
       Yield: 4 servings
  
       6 tb Milk
       6 tb Buttermilk
       2 lg Eggs
       3 tb Granulated sugar
       1 ts Vanilla  extract
     1/2 ts Cinnamon
       1 pn Nutmeg
       8    Slices cinnamon-raisin bread
     1/4 c  Unsalted butter
            -Date-Nut Butter
            -(recipe listed)
            -Powdered sugar, for dusting
  
   Source: California Milk Advisory Board
   
   In a large, shallow dish, beat together milk, buttermilk, eggs, granulated
   sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
   
   Soak bread slices in egg mixture  until  bread  is  soaked through but not
   falling apart.
   
   Melt 2 tablespoons of the unsalted butter in a large skillet over medium
   heat; add 4 bread slices and cook until crisp and golden brown on both
   sides, about 5 minutes. Remove and keep warm. Repeat with remaining
   unsalted butter and bread slices. Serve with Date-Nut Butter and dust with
   powdered sugar. Makes 4 servings.
   
   Nutrition facts per serving (2 slices French toast with 1 teaspoon Date-Nut
   Butter): 370 calories, 20 g fat, 145 mg cholesterol, 270 mg sodium,
        41 g  carbohydrates, 9 g protein.
   
   Recipe Created by Bradley Ogden, Chef-owner Lark Creek Inn, Larkspur, CA
   Recipe from: California Milk Advisory Board
   
   From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
  
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