It's Saturday morning and you hear pleas for French toast and waffles. This scrumptious recipe is a combination of both! Savoury Table stuffs her buttered bread with a combination of sweetened vanilla cream cheese and jam, closes it up sandwich-style, gives it a nice dusting on both sides with cinnamon sugar and pops it in the waffle iron until crisp. Brilliant! It's an easy breakfast (or brunch!) that will more than satisfy the hungry bellies in your home.
Stuffed Cinnamon Toast Waffles
Submitted to Foodista by Savoury Table
Serves 2
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ounce cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature
4 slices sandwich bread
1 1/2 tablespoons blackberry, strawberry, apricot or you favorite flavor of preserves
Preheat a waffle iron while you assemble the sandwiches.
Place a two tablespoons of sugar in a small bowl.
Add ground cinnamon and stir well; set aside.
In another small bowl combine the softened cream cheese with the remaining 2 teaspoons sugar and the vanilla extract; stir well and set aside.
Spread two slices of the bread with equal amounts of the cream cheese mixture.
Spread two more slices generously with equal amounts of the jam.
Pairing one of the cream cheese slices with one of the jam covered slices, close to form a sandwich.
Spread butter on the outside of one side of each sandwich.
Sprinkle generously with the cinnamon and sugar.
Turn the sandwich over and sprinkle the other side with the cinnamon and sugar.
Place on the hot waffle iron and close the lid.
Cook until the ready light comes on and the sandwich is golden brown and crispy.
Remove sandwiches and cool for a couple of minutes.
Be careful as the filling may be very hot.
Repeat to make additional sandwiches.
