Recipe - Black Forest Stuffed French Toast

BLACK FOREST SAUCE
1 cn Pitted dark sweet cherries;
in juice (16 oz.)
One fourth cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 cup Cold water
3 tablespoon Cornstarch
One fourth teaspoon Grated nutmeg

FRENCH TOAST
2 pack Cream cheese at room temp.;
(8 oz.)
2 ounce Semisweet chocolate; shaved
or grated,
; or One half cup
; miniature semisweet
; chocolate chips 5
; eggs
1 One half cup Milk
1 One half teaspoon Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth teaspoon Salt; (optional)
1 Loaves French or Italian
bread; (about 5 inches
Wide; (1 to 2)
; & long for 12 thick
; slices)

Make Black Forest sauce first: in a saucepan, heat cherries & juice.
Stir in sugar & vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix water & cornstarch.
Stir into cherries, simmering until thickened, stirring frequently.
Stir in nutmeg. Keep warm. In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until
smooth. Stir in shaved chocolate or miniature chips. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla & optional salt.
Slice French bread into 12 slices, each 1 to 1One half inches thick. Then
slice a pocket into the middle of each slice. Fill each pocket with
One half to 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture. Dip bread slices into egg
batter on both sides. Place on a hot griddle and brown. Turn and
brown the other side (keep slices in a warm oven, if necessary, while
finishing all 12 slices).

To serve, place two slices on each plate and top with about Three fourths cup
warm Black Forest sauce. Enjoy! Makes 6