Apple Pie French Toast

INGREDIENTS

• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 2 Tbsp. apple jelly
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 12 slices Texas toast bread
• 1/2 medium granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
• 8 large eggs
• 1 cup of milk

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine cream cheese, apple jelly, and ground cinnamon in small bowl.
2. Lay 12 bread slices out. Spread top sides of bread slices evenly with cream-cheese mixture.
3. Top 6 bread slices with a single layer of apple slices over cream cheese.
4. Place remaining bread slices over apple slices, cream-cheese sides together, to create 6 apple sandwiches.
5. Butter a 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Squeeze sandwiches into baking dish in single layer. Set aside.
6. Add eggs and milk to small bowl and whisk together. Pour over apple sandwiches.
7. Cover and chill 30 minutes. Turn sandwiches after 15 minutes.
8. Preheat oven to 400 F.
9. Lightly grease a cookie sheet. Place apple sandwiches in sigle layer on cookie shhet. Remove any excess egg mixture.
10. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.
11. Serve with Cinnamon Syrup.