PHILLY Banana Bread French Toast

Serves 4

What you need

PREHEAT oven to 160°C
PEEL and chop the bananas. Place in a medium bowl and mash with a fork. Add sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Wisk to combine. Mix in flour, nutmeg and cinnamon and mix well with a wooden spoon.
POUR into a greased 24cm x 13.5cm loaf pan and line with non-stick baking paper.
BAKE for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
COOL for 10 minutes and turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
SLICE into 1.5cm thick slices and set aside.
PLACE Philadelphia Cream Cheese, vanilla bean paste and icing sugar in a medium sized bowl. Using the back of a fork break up the mixture. Add milk and blend together with a spoon. Set aside.
IN a shallow bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, and nutmeg.
PLACE a large non-stick frypan over medium heat and melt 2 tablespoons butter.
WORKING in batches of 3 to four, dip each slice of bread in the egg mixture.
COOK French toast on each side for 3 - 4 minutes or until golden brown. Repeat with remaining bread.
PILE 3 slices of French toast on a plate and top with a dollop of cream cheese, pecans and maple syrup. Serve immediately.

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