Recipe for cooking peanut butter french toast with jalapeno syrup

Breakfast Recipes :: Waffles, Pancakes and French Toast

Peanut Butter French Toast with Jalapeno Syrup

4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 c. plus 1 Tbsp. jalapeño jelly or jam
3/4 c. corn syrup
3/4 c. creamy peanut butter
1 Tbsp. honey
12 slices white bread
4 eggs
1/2 c. milk
Butter or vegetable oil (for frying)

Melt butter in a sm. saucepan over low heat. Add 2 c. of the jelly or jam and corn syrup; stir to combine. Set the syrup aside, keeping it warm.

In a sm. bowl, combine the peanut butter with the honey and the remaining 1 Tbsp. jelly or jam. Spread equal portions of the mixture on half of the bread slices. Top each slice with another slice of bread. Cut the sandwiches in half on the diagonal.

Whisk together the eggs and milk. Dip the sandwich halves into the mixture, soaking both sides well. Heat a griddle. Add a sm. amount of butter or oil, and fry the sandwich halves, in batches, until they are golden brown.

Serve each person three sandwich halves, and pass the warm syrup separately.