Apple French Toast With Apple Cinnamon Tea

• 4 tbsp. butter
• 3 green apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 cinnamon quill
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup fresh cream
• 3 eggs
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla paste
• 4 thick slices bread
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 10 tsp. caster sugar

TEA

• 6 slices dried apples
• 2 cinnamon quill 

Directions

1. Heat the electric frypan on medium heat and melt 2 tbsp. butter. Add the apple slices, cinnamon quill and brown sugar – stir for 2 minutes. Add the cream and stir for a further 1 minute. Remove and set aside the apples and the liquid and clean out the frypan.
2. Whisk together the eggs, milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
3. Put the ground cinnamon and caster sugar into a small container and shake until well combined. Tip out onto a flat plate for coating the toast, once cooked.
4. Heat the electric frypan to a medium heat, add the remaining 2 tbsp. of butter to the frypan and dip each piece of bread into the egg / milk mixture and place into the hot electric frypan. Cook 2 minutes each side or until the desired colour has been reached.
5. Remove the bread from the frypan and place the toast into the cinnamon sugar mixture and coat well.
6. Place onto serving plates and top with the apples and liquid from the apples.

TO MAKE THE TEA

1. Divide the apple slices between 2 mugs and put a cinnamon quill in each mug.
2. Cover with hot water and let sit for 5 minutes. Serve.