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  • Baked French Toast Fritters With Apples and Bananas

    Healthier Classics

Add fruit to your meal with this heavenly, melt-in-your-mouth dish

Recipe Source: Deliciously Healthy Family Meals
Prep time Cook time Yields Serving Size
15 minutes 20 minutes 4 servings 1 fritter
Ingredients

  • For sandwiches:

    8 slices  whole-wheat bread
    ¼ C  creamy peanut butter (or other nut butter)
    1  apple, rinsed, peeled, cored, and sliced into 8 rings
    2   bananas, peeled and cut into about 12 thin slices each

  • For batter:

    3 Tbsp  egg substitute (or substitute 1 egg white)
    ¼ tsp  ground cinnamon
    1 Tbsp  brown sugar
    ¼ C  fat-free evaporated milk

  • Nonstick cooking spray

332
calories
10 g
Total fat
2 g
Saturated fat
0 mg
Cholesterol
374 mg
Sodium
7 g
Total fiber
14 g
Protein
50 g
Carbohydrates
543 mg
Potassium
4%
Vitamin A
2%
Vitamin C
10%
Calcium
15%
Iron
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Directions

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 400 °F.  Place a large baking sheet in the oven to preheat for about 10 minutes.

  • 2
    Assemble fritter as a sandwich, with ½ tablespoon of peanut butter on each slice of bread, and two apple slices and six banana slices in the middle of each sandwich.

  • 3
    Combine ingredients for the batter, and mix well.

  • 4
    Spray a nonstick baking sheet with cooking spray.

  • 5
    Dip both sides of each fritter in the batter, and place fritters on preheated baking sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes on each side, or until both sides are browned.  Serve immediately.

Chefs in Training Children can help slice the apples and bananas and spread the peanut butter.

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