Bitsy's Kitchen

Oven French Toast with Madras Sauce

1 cup milk
4 large eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1 loaf French or Italian bread, cut into diagonal 1-inch thick slices
16-oz. can whole cranberry sauce
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup vodka

Preheat oven to 400° F. Grease a 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Beat milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and orange rind in large bowl until blended. Dip each piece of bread into egg mixture about 15 seconds. Arrange slices in overlapping rows in prepared pan. Pour leftover egg mixture over bread. Drizzle with butter. Bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned. In medium saucepan over low heat, stir cranberry sauce and orange juice until heated through. Remove from heat. Stir in vodka. Serve sauce over toast.

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