Description
A recipe for Winter Breakfast Sandwich With Maple Syrup, Toasted Walnuts and Cream Cheese

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup (about 3 ounces) coarsely chopped walnuts
  
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  
• 3 tablespoons real maple syrup, plus more for garnishing
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
  
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 8 bread slices

Preparation
Preheat toaster oven to 350°F. Put walnuts on baking tray and toast 5 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, 3 tablespoons maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla; stir to blend. Toast bread. Spread one-fourth of cream cheese mixture on each of 4 slices and sprinkle with walnuts. Drizzle with a little maple syrup. Top with a slice of plain toast. For bite-sized tea sandwiches, cut into 2, 4 or 6 pieces.

Recipe courtesy of Jesse Ziff Cool, author of "Toast: 60 Ways to Butter Your Bread & Then Some"

Nutrition
no information available

Serves
Serves 4 to 6

Variations
no information available