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Hot cross French toast fingers

If they haven’t all been snaffled, use hot cross buns to make French toast fingers tossed in cinnamon sugar and dunked in crème fraîche.

Serves 4 | Ready in 15 mins

Faff factor | V

• 2 eggs

• 50ml semi-skimmed milk

• 30g caster sugar

• 2 Asda Extra Special Extra Fruity Hot Cross Buns

• 1tsp vegetable oil

For the cinnamon sugar

• 30g caster sugar

• ½tsp ground cinnamon, plus extra to serve

To serve

• 75g Asda 50% Less Fat Crème Fraîche

• 100g berries

1 Put the eggs, milk, sugar and a pinch of salt into a bowl and whisk until everything is combined. Cut the hot cross buns into 4 slices vertically.

2 Add the oil into a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Dunk each hot cross bun slice into the egg mixture for a few seconds on each side until it’s saturated but still holding its shape. Tap off any excess and place into the hot oil, then continue with all pieces

3 Fry for 2–3 mins on each side until golden brown and slightly crisp.

4 For the cinnamon sugar, mix the sugar and cinnamon together. Once the toast pieces have been cooked and are still warm, toss in the sugar mix

5 Eat warm and serve with crème fraîche, a sprinkling of cinnamon and berries if you like.