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French toast hot cross buns

Breathe new life into leftover hot cross buns with this French toast twist. It makes an indulgent brunch or dessert!

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Cook

20 minutes

Serves

6

Ingredients

  • 3 Co-op British free range eggs

  • 20ml Co-op semi-skimmed milk

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

  • 6 Co-op Irresistible Belgian chocolate brioche hot cross buns

  • 30g Co-op unsalted butter

  • 6 tbsp Co-op 0% fat Greek style natural yogurt

  • 300g berries (we used strawberries, raspberries and blueberries)

  • 3 tbsp Co-op pure Canadian maple syrup

Method

  1. Whisk together the eggs, milk and cinnamon in a shallow bowl

  2. Add the buns, turn to coat in the mixture, then leave to soak for 5 mins

  3. Melt half the butter in a nonstick frying pan over a medium heat

  4. Fry half the buns for 2 mins on each side, until golden, then repeat

  5. Serve your French toast buns with the yogurt, fruit and a drizzle of maple syrup

Nutrition

Energy

Fat

Saturates

Sugars

Salt

1450kJ / 346kcal (17%)

14.5g

6.8g

19.7g

0.45g

Medium · 21%

High · 34%

Medium · 22%

Low · 7%

Approx. per serving. % of adult’s reference intake. Carbohydrates per serving: 42g.