Torijas with honey-orange syrup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup each whole milk and half-and-half
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick (3-inch)
• 1 strip orange peel (2-inch)
• ½ tsp. kosher salt
• 2 Tbsp. dry sherry
• ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 12 oz. crusty baguette, sliced 1½-inch thick (12 slices)
• 4 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• ½ cup olive oil, divided
• 1 recipe Honey-Orange Syrup or honey
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¾ cup honey
• ½ cup orange juice, divided
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ tsp. kosher salt