Silver Palate-style French Toast

The wonderful cookbook The Silver Palate has an over-the-top French toast recipe. By using croissants instead of regular bread, and cream instead of milk, it is enough to harden anyone's arteries. This is a slightly healthier version of French toast, still using the Triple Sec and orange zest that gives the Silver Palate recipe its punch.

Ingredients

 * 5 eggs
 * 2/3 cup milk
 * 1/3 cup Triple Sec
 * Zest of 1 orange, finely grated
 * 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
 * 8 thick slices of day-old bread, better if slightly stale
 * Maple syrup
 * Fresh berries
 * Butter

Directions

 * 1) Beat eggs and milk together. Add the Triple Sec, orange zest, and cinnamon. Whisk until well blended. Pour into a shallow bowl.
 * 2) Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture, allowing bread to soak up some of the mixture. Melt some butter (or use vegetable oil) over a skillet on medium high heat. Add as many slices of bread onto the skillet as will fit at a time. Fry until brown on both sides, flipping the bread when necessary.
 * 3) Serve hot with butter, maple syrup, and fresh berries.

Contributed by:

 * Catsrecipes Y-Group