French Toast Part II

So, for part II of my french toast adventures, I whipped together Cinnamon Raisin Stuffed French Toast. I made a loaf of homemade cinnamon raisin bread in my breadmaker and used thick slices of it for the french toast. It was definitely worth the bit of extra effort to have that homemade taste instead of going store bought. Using honey to sweeten the cream cheese mixture ramps it up to the perfect comfort food! If you like raisins, this may soon become your favorite breakfast treat, hope you enjoy!

Cinnamon Raisin Stuffed French Toast

Recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

• Ingredients
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cups whole milk (less-fat milk works too)
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 slices raisin cinnamon bread
• • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • handful raisins
  • 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon butter, or as needed

In a shallow pan beat together eggs, milk, and cinnamon.

In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, raisins, remaining cinnamon and honey.

Spread four of the slices of raisin toast with the cream cheese mixture.

Top with the other four slices of bread to make four sandwiches.

Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Brown sandwiches in skillet for about two minutes per side. Remove from heat, serve and love.

Happy day before Friday!

A Perfect Breakfast...

Perfect weekend breakfast alert! I was watching Diners, Drive-in's, and Dives on food network a while ago and they showcased a diner that is famous for their french toast. They had so many creative combinations, I was inspired! One of the varieties they talked about was peanut butter and jelly french toast. Ever since I was a kid I have loved peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, peanut butter is still one of my favorite foods! To make the french toast you basically just make a good old pb&j, dip it in your egg batter, and cook. Let me tell you, it is out of this world good! Warm, gooey, comforting, and it took me right back to the days of my youth... But I couldn't stop there! I went on to create some other fun combinations - peanut butter and honey, banana and nutella, and stuffed raisin. All of them were so yummy (stay tuned for part II of the french toast post)! I will never make plain old french toast again! Hope you guys enjoy as much as I did... what crazy combinations will you come up with? I think the next one I will try will be frosted flake crusted french toast. So many possibilities! I love remaking childhood favorite foods in a new way, what was your favorite childhood snack? Any other peanut butter lovers out there?

Have an AMAZING weekend!

Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast

As seen on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Ingredients

4 Eggs

1 teaspoon sugar

1 cup milk (I used whole milk that was left over from the rice pudding, if you wanna be healthier, non fat would work too)

Sprinkle of salt

Bread, sliced

Butter

Peanut butter

Jelly

In a shallow pan, beat together eggs, sugar, and milk.

Spread a slice of bread with jam, spread another slice with peanut butter.

Put them together (ok so I am thinking everyone knows how to make a PB&J sandwich)... dip sandwich into egg mixture, first one side, then the other. Meanwhile, heat a skillet over medium high heat, add butter to pan.

When pan is hot, put sandwich into pan and cook until bottom is golden brown, flip it over and cook other side until golden brown. Remove from pan and induldge!

Tasty Tuesday!!