Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

These were so delicious!  And very easy to make!  Here is what you do:

1. Beat a few eggs and added some milk to them and set that aside.  
2. Hull your strawberries and use an egg slicer to slice them into thin pieces.  
3. Using a paring knife, cut a pocket into a thick slice of texas toast.  Add as many strawberries as you can to fill the pocket.  Be careful not to poke a hole through the bread.  
4. Dip the bread into the egg/milk mixture and cook on a griddle as you would with regular french toast.  Do these in batches and put cooked ones in a 200 degree oven to keep warm.  
5. Top with freshly sliced strawberries and maple syrup!

I served these with scrambled eggs and bacon.  Don't forget the coffee!!!!  Enjoy.

Baked Cinnamon-Apple French Toast

This recipe is from Gale Gand's "Brunch!" cookbook.  It is delicious!  Here are the step by step pictures of what to do.  Easy peasy!

Butter casserole dish and cut toasted bread.  Line in the dish.  Beat liquid ingredients.

 Add egg mixture to bread.  Saute apples, butter and brown sugar.

Place apples on top.  Cover and refrigerate overnight.  Take it out in the morning, preheat your oven and bake.

BAKED CINNAMON-APPLE FRENCH TOAST

6 medium apples (use an assortment)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up into small cubes, plus more for the baking dish
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 slices Texas toast (thick presliced white bread)
8 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
Honey butter (1 stick unsalted room temperature butter with a pinch salt and 1 tablespoon honey beaten in)

Peel, core and cut apples into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Heat butter in saute pan over medium heat until it starts to foam. Add apples and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.Lightly toast bread. Cut toast slices in half to make triangles. Butter 9x13-inch baking dish and arrange bread in two rows, overlapping in dish.

Beat eggs in medium bowl; then whisk in granulated sugar, milk and vanilla to make a custard. Pour custard over bread triangles and spoon apples over top. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.The next day, heat oven to 350 degrees F. Uncover baking dish. Bake 50 to 60 minutes, until custard is set and doesn't shimmy when you shake pan. It will puff up and brown slightly. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving. Serve in squares or large spoonfuls, with honey butter. Makes 8 servings.

Pumpkin French Toast with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

More pumpkin dishes!  Are you tired of them?  I hope not because my family continues to request all things pumpkin!  The boys love it.  When I said I was making pumpkin french toast both of my boys got huge smiles on their faces.  What is it about pumpkin that gets my boys in such a happy place?  I let my oldest son Nicholas make the cinnamon whipped topping.  He was surprised at how fast you can make whipped cream. 

I started searching to look for a fantastic recipe, then realized I could just wing it.  I did look to see how much people were adding to the dish to make it taste "pumpkiny."  Yes, people acutally use that as a word.  Anyway, I figured I'd use 1/2 cup and see how it goes.  Here is what I did:  

Mix together 4 eggs, some milk (I think I use about 1/4 cup), 1/2 cup of  canned pumpkin, and a tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice.  Slice bread to dip.  I used whole wheat bakery bread that I bought yesterday.

Place the coated bread on your skillet or griddle.

 

 Flip after 4-5 minutes, when golden brown.

Don't these look good?  They taste even better!

To make the whipped cream simply pour the amount of cream you want.  I used about a half cup.  Use electric whisk to whisk it till it becomes thick.  Add 1-2 tablespoons of confectioners sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.  That's it!

 

I buttered the toasts, added syrup, then topped with whipped cream.

 Enjoy a taste of the fall!!!  :)  PUMPKIN is your FRIEND!  :)