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Submitted by Steffen Bentley, Citrus Marketing Services, Inc.

This is one of our all-time favorite brunch recipes. Drizzle your French toast with orange syrup and pour some Florida’s Natural^® Orange Juice. It all goes together like Saturday and Sunday.

French Toast Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup Florida’s Natural^® Orange Juice
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 8 & 1/2-inch thick bread slices
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Orange Syrup Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup Florida’s Natural^® Orange Juice

Instructions

• Beat together eggs, juice, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and nutmeg.
• Arrange bread in a single layer and top with egg mixture. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Melt butter in a 10x15x2-inch pan, and arrange bread on top.
• Bake at 350º F for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with pecans and bake for another 10 minutes.
• For the sauce, combine and cook over low heat. Do not boil. Cook for 10 minutes and serve warm.

Serves 4