Buggy loves waking up weekend mornings and watching cooking shows. Now that she’s not in school, she requests to watch cooking shows every morning (if Buddy is still sleeping – he won’t allow it otherwise).

A couple weeks ago, we turned on Food Network to find The Sandwich King.

I had never heard of him, but boy oh boy, he was making some delicious sandwiches for breakfast foods!

The one we laid our eyes on:

We decided to give it a try for dinner (with my own picky changes)!

Shopping List:

Bacon

Whole Milk

Brown Sugar

Kosher Salt

Eggs

Vanilla

Unsalted Butter

Bread

Marscarpone Cheese

3 pints Raspberries

Maple Syrup

Malt Powder

French Toast Ingredients:

1 cup whole milk

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

4 large egg yolks (hubby did one batch just yolks and a second batch with the whole egg – we noticed no difference between the two)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions for French Toast:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spread the bacon on a wire rack fitted over a baking sheet. Bake until nice and crispy, 12 to 15 minutes.

Mix the milk, brown sugar, salt, egg yolks and vanilla in a baking dish to make the french toast batter.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large nonstick skillet to medium. Dunk each side of the bread into the batter for a few seconds a side. Fry 2 slices of the battered bread until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Repeat the process. (You can hold the French toast in a 200 degree oven on a wire rack set in a baking tray to keep warm if need be.)

Marscarpone Cream Ingredients:

8 ounces mascarpone cheese

3 tablespoons malt powder

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Marscarpone Cream Directions:

Mix together the mascarpone, malt powder, maple syrup, salt and vanilla in a bowl, and then set aside until ready to use.

When the French toast is done, schmear each piece with some Mascarpone Cream. Then top with a pile of raspberries and 3 slices bacon. Close, cut in half and serve with maple syrup for dunking (optional).

Tips:

* The bacon we purchased was far too salty so if you are familiar with the bacon you purchase, try to purchase one that isn’t as salty.

* We found our raspberries to be bitter so we added some sugar to them and mixed them up to make them sweeter.