Feelin' Festive

Put on my Dollywood apron just to take the Season's Greetings celebration up a notch. A gift from my Southern Fried friend Kurt, it certainly put me in a barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen kinda mood (sans the preggers bit, and I did wear Manolos).

My pal Grant was coming over for a Christmas morning brunch, and I had to put on my best holiday VittlesVamp show! Nothing like cracking open a couple of fresh eggs, pouring some rich cream, adding a splash of bourbon, and soaking it all up in some slices of cinnamon-swirl bread to say yuletide to y'all!

And, here's the recipe, just to make your holiday a bit brighter...

Egg Nog Cinnamon French Toast

2 eggs
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup bourbon
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
3 TBSP. butter
10 slices cinnamon-swirl bread

Heat oven to 275 degrees. Beat the eggs. Add cream, bourbon, vanilla, sugar, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Whip mixture till well-combined. Soak bread slices in the cream mixture. Place butter in a skillet, heating on medium till bubbly. Brown the soaked bread in batches. Place on a cookie sheet. Drizzle remaining cream mixture over the slices. Bake for 15 minutes.