Recipe : Baked French Toast with Cider Glazed Apples

Ingredients

• 1 cup 10% half and half cream
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Pinch salt
• 8 slices day-old French bread, about 3/4-inch (2 cm) thick, cut in half diagonally
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 each Ontario Empire and Macintosh apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
• 2 tbsp 35% whipping cream
• 1 tbsp honey