Surprise French Toast Recipes

STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Trim crusts from bread. Arrange half of the bread in a by 9 by 13-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Combine milk, 1 1/2 cups egg substitute, half-and-half, and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Pour half of milk mixture over bread in dish.
• Combine 1/2 cup egg substitute, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, and cheeses in a food processor or blender; process until smooth. Pour cream cheese mixture over moist bread in dish. Top with remaining bread; pour remaining milk mixture over bread. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Let the dish come to room temperature about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for 55 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar, if desired.

SUPER-STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat indoor grill or griddle.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, pinch of salt and sugar until well combined.
• Lay 6 slices of bread out and lightly brush egg mixture around edges. Press a "pocket" in the middle of each slice of bread for the filling. Heap 2 teaspoons of apple or cherry pie filling in the middle of each bread pocket.
• Take remaining 6 slices and brush the edges with egg mixture. Place on top of bread with filling and seal edges with fingers.
• Dip stuffed bread in the egg mixture and place on sprayed griddle; cook for 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until lightly browned. Sprinkle with cinnamon and/or powdered sugar.

FRENCH TOAST I

Steps:

• Beat together egg, milk, salt, desired spices and vanilla.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or skillet over medium-high heat.
• Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden. Serve hot.

THE BEST FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, whisk together the first 7 ingredients. Preheat a greased griddle over medium heat., Dip bread in egg mixture, letting it soak 5 seconds on each side. Cook on griddle until golden brown on both sides. Serve with toppings as desired.

MAKE AHEAD FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream and vanilla. Dip bread slices into egg mixture and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Refrigerate overnight.
• The next morning: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, combine butter, sugar, maple syrup and pecans. Spoon mixture over bread.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 40 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

CRISPY BAKED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• 1. Beat eggs together with milk, sugar and Vanilla extract in shallow bowl until well blended. Place panko in pie pan or shallow dish. Dip each bread slice into egg mixture, thoroughly coating both sides; then coat both sides of bread slices with bread crumbs. Place on large wire rack.
• 2. Add butter and oil into 17-1/4 x 11-1/2-inch jellyroll pan. Place pan in 400 degrees F. oven 1 to 2 minutes, or until butter melts. Remove pan from oven.
• 3. Place bread slices into pan, in single layer, turning over once to coat both sides of bread slices with butter mixture.
• 4. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes. Turn bread slices over and bake 10 minutes longer, or until golden brown.
• 5. Serve with butter and maple syrup.

FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, and salt (as well as the optional vanilla extract and cinnamon, if using) in a medium shallow bowl until the mixture is fluffy and light in color.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working with one bread slice at a time, soak the bread in the egg mixture for 3 to 4 seconds per side. Don't let the slices sit too long; they will turn soggy and fall apart.
• Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to hot pan and cook until golden brown, or about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. (There may be some spots that do not brown; that's normal.)
• Flip each slice, and cook until gold brown, or about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining butter and egg-soaked bread. Serve hot with toppings of choice.

FRENCH TOAST DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE

Steps:

• Spread a tablespoon of cream cheese on one side of 4 slices of bread. On 1 side of each remaining 4 slices of bread, spread 2 teaspoons of fruit preserves. Put together the slices with fruit preserve.
• In a bowl, using a wire whisk beat the egg substitute with milk and sugar substitute until smooth. Drench sides of each sandwich into the egg mixture.
• Coat a griddle with nonstick cooking spray; place the griddle over medium heat. Pan fry the sandwiches for 2 minutes on each side until golden brown.
• Put each sandwich on a serving plate and sprinkle tops with 2 teaspoons of slivered almonds. Slice the strawberries in 5 sections vertically from tip to just about a centimeter from the stem. Spread each piece in fanlike fashion and set out in each plate to garnish.

SUNDAY MORNING SURPRISE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the bottom and sides of a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• Pull crescent roll dough out of the can; slice dough into 1/2-inch pieces. Arrange over the bottom of the baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on top. Drop teaspoonfuls of the Neufchatel cheese on top.
• Whisk eggs and milk together in a small bowl. Pour into the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center is set, 40 to 50 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SURPRISE FRENCH TOAST POCKETS

Steps:

• Cut a pocket horizontally in each slice of bread through the top of crust.
• Fill each bread slice with chocolate chips. Make batter by mixing eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon,liqueur(optional) and nutmeg in a shallow dish.
• One at a time, carefully dip the filled bread slices into the egg mixture to coat both sides.
• In a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat. Cook the slices on the hot pan until golden brown on both sides, using more butter as needed.
• Transfer 2 slices to each plate, dust with powdered sugar before serving. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with maple syrup.

FABULOUS FROSTED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and cinnamon. Melt one tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Dip a few bread slices into the egg mixture just to coat. Place in the hot skillet, and cook until golden on each side, about 4 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining slices of bread. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in the skillet before frying each batch of toast.
• While the toast is cooking, mix cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of sugar, sour cream, and whipped topping using an electric mixer or blender until smooth, yet firm.
• Place servings of warm French toast onto plates, and top with a generous dollop of the frosting.

BLUEBERRY SURPRISE FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place half of the bread cubes over the bottom of a well-buttered 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle cream cheese and blueberries over bread cubes.
• Arrange remaining bread cubes over blueberries.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs with a rotary beater, beat in milk and the 1/2 cup syrup.
• Carefully pour egg mixture over the bread mixture.
• Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 to 24 hours.
• Bake, covered, in a 375 oven for 25 minutes.
• Uncover and bake about 25 minutes more or till a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, and topping is puffed and golden brown.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
• Serve warm with blueberry-flavored or maple syrup.
• NOTE: To dry bread slices, arrange bread in a single layer on a wire rack, cover loosely and let stand overnight.
• Or cut bread into 1/2-inch cubes, spread in a large baking pan.
• Bake, uncovered in a 300 oven for 10 to 15 minutes or till dry, stirring twice, cool.

CONTEST-WINNING FRENCH TOAST SUPREME

Steps:

• On four slices of toast, place one slice of bacon and one slice of cheese; top with remaining toast. In a shallow bowl, whisk egg and creamer. Dip sandwiches into egg mixture. , On a hot griddle or large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook French toast for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve with jam.

SURPRISE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla and sugar until creamy.
• Stir in nuts.
• Cut bread into about 12 slices approximately 1 1/2 inches thick, cutting a slit in each to create a "pocket".
• Fill each pocket with about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, milk, and spices.
• Dip the filled bread "pockets" in the egg mixture, turning to coat both sides.
• Cook on griddle or in pan until both sides are browned.
• Heat the preserves and orange juice in a small saucepan, simmering for about 4-5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Drizzle orange mixture over French toast and serve.