Peanut Butter-stuffed French Toast with Bananas

Spread peanut butter on 8 bread slices. Cover each with another bread slice to make a sandwich. Press sides of each sandwich firmly. Set aside.

 

Make the caramelized bananas: Sprinkle sugar on all sides of banana slices. Melt butter in a pan. Add bananas; cook until coated with butter and melted sugar.

Make the custard: Combine milk and butter in a medium saucepan over very low heat. Cook until butter is completely melted. Let cool just until warm to the touch. Mix together sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in yolks and vanilla. Slowly whisk in warm milk-butter mixture.

Dip each side of one sandwich into custard, about 10 to 15 seconds per side depending on dryness of bread. Immediately press each side onto the cornflakes. Place coated sandwich on a tray. Repeat with remaining sandwiches.

Place a medium frying pan over medium high heat. Melt butter and fry one side of soaked sandwich for 2 minutes or until golden brown. Flip; fry for 2 more minutes. Repeat with remaining sandwiches.

 

Slice each sandwich diagonally. Arrange 2 or 3 sandwich halves on a plate. Top with 2 to 4 caramelized banana slices and drizzle with maple or pancake syrup.