Vote for Julia B.'s Peanutty French Toast Roll-Up at www.jif.com. Watch video
EAST LONGMEADOW — Julia Boucher, 8, loves to bake, she also loves French toast and Fruit Roll-Ups.
The young chef combined the two to create the Peanutty French Toast Roll-up, which she entered into Jif's Most Creative Sandwich Contest.
Her sandwich made it to the top 10 in the national competition and now the East Longmeadow resident is hoping to get enough online votes to make it to the top five.
"I want to be a chef when I grow up," Julia said. "My sister did the contest so I thought I would want to do it, too."
Julia's older sister Maria Boucher entered the contest in 2010 when she was 11-years-old and made it to the top five for her Peanutty Cristo breakfast sandwich.
After the online judging is complete, the top five finalists go to the Grand Prize Winner Announcement Event in New York City, where one lucky kid chef will receive a $25,000 college fund scholarship and four runners-up will each receive a $2,500 college fund scholarship.
"It was a great experience for her and I'm hoping Julia will get the same opportunity," said the girls' mother Beth Marsian Boucher.
Julia's sandwich consists of a slice of white or wheat bread slathered with Jif Creamy Peanut Butter and Smucker's Apricot Preserves and topped with sliced apples.
"You roll it all up and you put it in the egg mixture," Julia said. The mixture consists of egg, vanilla and milk. The whole thing is fried in a pan and then rolled in cinnamon sugar.
Julia also created a dipping sauce made of Jif peanut butter and maple syrup.
Voting ends on Feb. 7 and is open to anyone over 13 years of age. To vote for Julia's creation visit www.jif.com/Promotions/Most-Creative-Peanut-Butter.