"Easy French Toast Waffles"--Mother's Day Recipe From Chef Jim Coleman and Chef'sChoice

April 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Serve Up Some Homemade Love & Goodness For Mom
With This Mother’s Day Recipe  

With Chef Jim Coleman’s Fun And Easy French Toast Waffles

April 15, 2011; Avondale, PA—What would delight mom more than a homemade breakfast made with love and lots of smiles this Mother’s Day? Chef Jim Coleman’s “Easy French Toast Waffles” are as delicious to eat as they are fun to make. This easy recipe is sure to delight both the cook and the recipient with its homemade waffle goodness and French Toast origins. Created by the renowned chef Coleman in conjunction with Chef’sChoice®, a leading manufacturer of waffle makers, this wonderful recipe can be served up with love!

Inspired by the Chef’sChoice® new Belgium WafflePro® waffle maker Model 830B-SE, “Flavors of America” author Chef Coleman created these scrumptious waffles to share with moms everywhere. Coleman’s “Easy French Toast Waffles” is the perfect recipe to include in your culinary repertoire for anytime of the year.
“Coleman’s Easy French Toast Waffles”
Ingredients:
5 large Eggs            2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup Milk            1 Tbsp. sugar
½ tsp. Vanilla Extract         ½ tsp. kosher salt
½ tsp. Almond Extract          8 slices Challah (day-old) bread, cut 1 inch thick

In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, baking powder, sugar and salt. Transfer mixture into a 9 x 12 shallow baking pan. Cut each bread slice into 4 equally sized squares (32 pieces in all). Place bread slices into egg mixture, turning once, until well soaked.

Preheat Chef’sChoice® WafflePro, Model 830B-SE  Belgium waffle iron on the Crispy Exterior/Moist Interior setting at color control 4. (For other waffle irons, follow manufacturer’s directions). Place 4 pieces (equals 1 slice) in waffle iron, one in each grid, leaving a 1 inch space in the middle and cook until the ready buzzer sounds. Serve with warm syrup and/or powdered sugar. (Or mom’s favorite topping!) Makes 8 waffles but mom probably won’t mind sharing!
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Chef Jim Coleman is one of America’s only multi-media celebrity chefs, having mastered television, radio and print. In 1993, the national trade magazine Restaurants & Institutions dubbed Coleman “the spatula-wielding king of all media.” Previously, he was executive chef of the AAA Five Diamond Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia where he won many accolades. He was also executive chef at Blue Bell Country Club and Normandy Farm in Blue Bell, PA. Coleman is also the author of three cookbooks: “Flavors with Jim Coleman,” “Flavors of America,” and “The Rittenhouse Cookbook.”

Headquartered in Avondale, PA, Edgecraft Corporation markets in 50 countries around the world under the Chef’s Choice® brand and manufactures high-quality electric and manual knife sharpeners, cutlery, food slicers, waffle makers and mixes and hot beverage products as well as the gourmet egg cooker. For more information go to http://www.chefschoice.com/

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Marketed in 60 countries around the world under the ChefsChoice brand, EdgeCraft Corp. produces advanced technology small electrics including knife sharpeners, high-quality cutlery, food slicers, waffle makers and mixes and hot beverage products.