Dessert for 4

Cappuccino French Toast

Name: Cappuccino French Toast
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 slices thick bread; 4 large eggs; 1 cup low fat/skim milk; 2 tbsp instant coffee; 2 tbsp sugar or natural sweetener of choice; 1 1/2 oz milk or dark chocolate chips; 1/2 cup light thickened/whipping cream; 1 tbsp icing/confectioners sugar; 1/2 tsp instant coffee; chocolate dusting powder

$5.71for 420 minServes 4

Thick bread soaks in sweet coffee custard, cooks in a skillet, and is topped with coffee cream and chocolate.

Photo: cafedelites.com

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Sandwich bread, 0.5$2.49 each typical	0.5	$1.20Typical price
	Eggs, 4$0.30 each typical	4	$1.20Typical price
	Milk, 8.5 oz$0.04/oz typical	8.5 oz	$0.34Typical price
	Coffee and tea, 1 oz$0.80/oz typical	1 oz	$0.87Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 2.5 oz$0.45/oz typical	2.5 oz	$1.13Typical price
	Heavy cream, 4.25 oz$0.22/oz typical	4.25 oz	$0.91Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$5.71

Swaps

Swap heavy cream for evaporatedabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
Swap milk for almondabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugar

Not included in the cost.

20 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
4servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$1.43 per serving$5.71 for 4

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Ingredients

8 slices thick bread
4 large eggs
1 cup low fat/skim milk
2 tbsp instant coffee
2 tbsp sugar or natural sweetener of choice
1 1/2 oz milk or dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup light thickened/whipping cream
1 tbsp icing/confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp instant coffee
chocolate dusting powder

Steps

Whisk the eggs, milk, instant coffee, and sugar in a shallow dish.
Whip the cream with the icing sugar and instant coffee until soft peaks form, then chill it.
Dip each bread slice in the coffee custard for 10 seconds per side.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat and cook the slices for 3 minutes per side, adding the chocolate chips during the last minute.
Top the cooked French toast with coffee cream and dusting powder.

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