Sunday Brunch
There is an old New England inn where guests make return visits as much for the view and location as the cuisine. Perched atop a precipice on the Maine coastline, Pennington Point Inn offers quaint accommodations and amenities that would please the most discriminating traveler. Weekend brunches are popular not only with the guests but also with the locals. A longstanding favorite dish is Orange Macadamia Nut French Toast. The Pennington Family recipe has not been altered in decades and continues to delight. Amelia Pennington is the matriarch of the family and still oversees the day to day operations of the inn’s kitchen, ensuring the quality and care that are the norm and expectation for the Pennington Point Inn.
Although the Pennington Point Inn is a fictional place from the murder mystery The Precipice by Penny Goetjen, the recipe for Amelia’s Orange Macadamia Nut French Toast is shared below. Imagine sitting outside with a view of the ocean while enjoying this breakfast treat. Listen carefully. Even hundreds of miles away from the coast, the wind in the trees has a way of sounding like the surf crashing gently against the precipice. Enjoy the salty sea air!
Amelia’s Orange Macadamia Nut French Toast
1 loaf of French bread, cut into ¾ inch to 1 inch slices
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/3 cups orange juice
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Butter the bottoms of two 9” X 13” pans. Place bread slices flat on the bottom of the pans, arranging them to fit as many as you can in each pan. Whisk together the eggs, orange juice, milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon until well blended. Pour over bread slices, dividing mixture between 2 pans. Flip each bread slice twice, to ensure complete coverage with egg mixture. Cover and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours up to overnight.
Drizzle melted butter on bread slices. Bake, covered, at 400 for 10 minutes. Remove covers, sprinkle with nuts, and bake an additional 5 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve with maple syrup. Makes 6-8 servings as a main dish.
Although the Pennington Point Inn is a fictional place from the murder mystery The Precipice by Penny Goetjen, the recipe for Amelia’s Orange Macadamia Nut French Toast is shared below. Imagine sitting outside with a view of the ocean while enjoying this breakfast treat. Listen carefully. Even hundreds of miles away from the coast, the wind in the trees has a way of sounding like the surf crashing gently against the precipice. Enjoy the salty sea air!
Amelia’s Orange Macadamia Nut French Toast
1 loaf of French bread, cut into ¾ inch to 1 inch slices
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/3 cups orange juice
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2/3 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Butter the bottoms of two 9” X 13” pans. Place bread slices flat on the bottom of the pans, arranging them to fit as many as you can in each pan. Whisk together the eggs, orange juice, milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon until well blended. Pour over bread slices, dividing mixture between 2 pans. Flip each bread slice twice, to ensure complete coverage with egg mixture. Cover and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours up to overnight.
Drizzle melted butter on bread slices. Bake, covered, at 400 for 10 minutes. Remove covers, sprinkle with nuts, and bake an additional 5 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve with maple syrup. Makes 6-8 servings as a main dish.
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