An Easy Recipe for Baked French Toast with Apples - California Grown

Ingredients

• 16 ounces prunes
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup prune puree
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• juice of half a small lemon
• 4 large Granny Smith apples (peeled, cores removed, and thinly sliced)
• 5 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons prune puree
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt (heaped)
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• One pound sliced Brioche bread
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 ounces cream cheese (cubed into small pieces)
• Confectioner's sugar and/or maple syrup (optional)