French toast isn’t just for breakfast anymore!

Donna Kelly begins with simple, classic French toast recipes and takes readers on an adventure of different styles, stuffings, toppings, and techniques to turn simple breakfast bread into decadent desserts, hearty sandwiches, and even casseroles. Recipes include Crunchy Graham Dipping Sticks and Maple Cream Syrup, Stuffed Croissant, Shrimp Croissant Casserole, Raspberry Cheesecake French Toast, Ham and Swiss Monte Cristos, Kentucky Hot Browns, Seven Layer Strawberry Torte, and many more.

With tips on how to pick the right breads, methods on how to cook your toast to perfection, and a special section on sweet sauces and syrups, everyone will be begging for more French toast.

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Where, oh where do I begin?  

Get comfy friends, between this to-die-for recipe, and the incredible, Italian handcrafted Lagostina Lasagnera cookware that made it possible.. there’s a lot to chat about.  And you’re not going to want to miss a thing.. trust me!  🙂  Let’s just say… one of these top-quality ‘Lasagnera’ pans, sold in Williams-Sonoma a ($199.00 value) will be one of yours.. so get ready.

Let’s start with this cookware.. and end with the recipe, shall we?!  Okay.  

I’m sure most of you are well aware of Lagostina!  If not, let me just say that when you think of the definition of quality cookware, ..this time-tested brand far exceeds that definition!  Check this out (YES, you’re looking at a hand crafted cherry wood lid) :

    Hand crafted in Italy

·         14” x 8.5” Lasagna pan made of 18/10 stainless steel

·         Cherry wood & stainless steel lid features double wall construction

·         Aethetically pleaseing to move from oven to table serving

·         Ergonomic and elegant cast stainless handles

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This recipe seriously wouldn’t have been possible without the exceptional quality of Lagostina. I’m talking about sticky syrup, baked sugar, and melty cheese.. ALL TOGETHER in one pan.  And let me just say.. after baking, serving, and cooling off, ..not ONE spot of stickiness remained… washing it clean took 2 minutes, and was effortless.  This isn’t just cookware, it’s a work of art, bling for your kitchen.  From oven to table, class meets function and beauty meets practicality in one deliciously incredible culinary collision.

Now for the recipe:

I really wanted to put this cookware to the test, so I combined all of our typical sticky snacking food nightmares (syrup, sugar, & cheese) into what turned out to be an absolutely amazing dish.  This ‘Lasagnera’ pan is so versatile that it can be used for both classic Italian dishes as well as non-traditional fare as well.  From savory to sweet, there’s no amount of creativity that this pan can’t bring to life.  As proven here, with this savory/sweet oh-so-succulent one pan wonder!

Each buttery biscuit is stuffed with seasoned sausage, creamy cinnamon-swirled cream cheese, and melty mountains of mozzarella.  Oh Lawd.  We’re not done, nope!  As if that wasn’t enough, I drizzled the whole shebang with buttery syrup and generous cinnamon sugar sprinkles.  

Sink down deep between the warm, fluffy, buttery biscuit layers to find savory sausage, melty mozzarella, and creamy cheese.. HEAVEN on a plate!

Everything we know and love about classic french toast flavors, have been taken to levels never seen before!  You’re one pan, 15 minutes, and only a small handful of ingredients away from this epic goodness.  

What you’ll need:

2 cans of pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits (8 count).. you will have a few left over

2 – (8 count) boxes of Jimmy Dean FULLY COOKED sausage patties.. you will have a few left over

1 lb. block of soft mozzarella

1 – 8 oz. block of cream cheese.. room temp.

1/2 cup cinnamon/sugar mixed to taste

1 stick butter.. melted with 1/2 cup of syrup

Directions:

In a small bowl, combine the melted butter with the syrup…

in another small bowl, mix the cream cheese with the cinnamon, just until it’s swirled…

..and pour a small amount into the bottom of the pan, spreading it evenly just to coat.  RESERVE THE REST OF THE BUTTER!

Split each biscuit gently with your fingers, and carefully spread an even layer of the cream cheese onto the bottom half…

Top it with one sausage patty…

Slice the mozzarella into approx. 1/8″ thick slices…

And a add a slice of 2 of mozzarella on top of the sausage…

Place the top half of the biscuit onto the cheese, and place them into the pan…

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for approx. 8-10 minutes, or until the tops are slightly golden, then remove and drizzle the reserved butter/syrup mixture all over the tops….

Now cover, and continue to bake for another 8 minutes or so, until the biscuits are fully cooked, and the cheese is melted.  ***(keep in mind, the bottom half of the biscuit will never be as dry and fluffy as the top half… if this bothers you, simply omit the bottom half of the biscuit from the recipe.)***

While they’re warm, sprinkle the tops with some cinnamon/sugar …optional.

Serve nice and hot…

…with a drizzle of syrup just to drive home that authentic french toast experience!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Go ahead..call me easily amused, but I get such a kick out of doing delicious, and semi-toturous things with and to PEEPS.   I’m not sure if it stems from the fact that I’d really never think about eating an un-abused, sober, or non-melted/torched, plain old PEEP!  Or if it’s just that I’m one sadistic PEEP lover/hater…haha.  Either way, it doesn’t matter, because we’re always left with a much better Peep, that’s super fun, tortured and tasty!  …so THERE!  😉

Now we can bring all of that colorful PEEP fun to our breakfast, and make the most important meal of the day, also the most fun!  ]

Nothing like warm, melty, florescent marshmallows serving as the glue that holds together thick, custardy slices of french toast..right?!

~YAY PEEPS! 🙂

Watch as the kids and by “kids” I mean..adults too..go crazy when they see what’s happened to their precious PEEPS..and their French Toast..haha!

Make a giant stack, and taste the good times!

What you’ll need: 

Some thick cut French or Italian Bread

PEEPS..all colors

2 cups milk

2 eggs

Butter

Powdered Sugar..optional

Syrup..optional

Directions:

Mix up the custard (the milk & eggs)…

Slice the bread into 2″ slices and make a shallow cut into the bread, forming a “pocket”.  Shove one or two PEEPS into the pocket.

Dip it into the custard.

Grill them up on a buttered grill, until their golden on all sides, and the PEEPS are melty…

Stack them up nice and warm and gooey.  Add a drizzle of Syrup and some powdered sugar if you’d like!  And DIG IN!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Ahhh~~Finally a Breakfast BOMB!

It was only a matter of time until this explosion of devilish Bacon wrapped deliciousness made its way to our Breakfast table!  And we are so happy it did!

This French Toast is the most unique French Toast you will ever have!  Not only is it stuffed with smooth Cream Cheese, it’s also wrapped in Bacon, fried to a golden puff and then coated in Cinnamon Sugar and soaked with Maple Syrup!

~Can we get an AMEN~

What you’ll need for 16 flavor exploding Bombs:

1 container of Pillsbury Grands Flaky Layers Biscuits (8 count)

1 lb. Bacon

1/2 cup Cinnamon Sugar

1 8oz. block of Cream Cheese

Oil for frying~ I used Canola

skewers or toothpicks

Directions:

Cut each Biscuit into 2 equal halves.

Gently stretch each biscuit half out just a bit, and add a small scoop of Cream Cheese in the center, making sure NOT to over-fill them…

Now wrap each stuffed biscuit with a half slice of Bacon and secure them with a toothpick or skewer…

Fry them up in the 350 degree Oil, until they’re puffed and golden on ALL sides…

While they’re warm, toss them evenly in the Cinnamon Sugar…

Let them cool for a few seconds…

Now start popping them in your mouth…

Prepare for a flavor explosion of a lifetime…

Make sure the reach of these bombs is long range, in other words…SHARE!

Make sure and Syrup them up GOOD!

But don’t forget about your Bomb Diggity!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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I was recently honored to have another opportunity at creating an amazing Farmland product recipe!  This time, I got to enjoy and cook with  their incredible sausage!  If you’ve never tried Farmland Sausage before, you’re missing out.  This sausage is so flavorful, and so easy to cook, that it literally makes your morning breakfast a pleasure to cook and eat!

Each handheld delight is filled with all of your morning faves, a smoky sausage, wrapped snug inside a cinnamony slice of golden french toast!  Fingers are all you’ll need to plunge these deep into some sweet syrup, just to take them over the top!

For this fun and unique recipe, I used Farmland’s Breakfast Sausage Premium Links – and they were perfection!  Each link is packed with delicious flavor and made these little french toast taquitos spectacular!

~Make a batch of these babies the next time you want to jazz up that good old French Toast, and savor the flavor and the smiles!

What you’ll need:

Farmland Sausage..one link per Taquito

Slices of bread..one per Taquito

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 tbsp. butter

cinnamon/sugar for dusting

Syrup for dipping and drizzling

Directions:

Cook up the sausage, I baked it in the oven for no mess…  350 for approx. 15 inures, or until it’s cooked all the way through.

Add the butter to the pan, and gently let it melt over med/low heat…

Cut the crusts off of the bread…

Mix up the french toast ‘custard’ by mixing the milk and eggs until it’s well combined…

Now, roll out the bread so it’s thin and even.

Place a cooked sausage at the end of the bread, and roll it up…

Now…dip it into the milk/egg mixture…

Place them seam side down into the melted butter, and cook them until they’re golden on all sides…

While they’re warm, coat them with some cinnamon/sugar…

With a nice drizzle of Syrup…and DIG IN!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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Life at my house is super fun when the little kiddos come around.  Why?  Because I get to make them all the goodies that they can’t have at their houses..Muuahhh!

Of course, I don’t go too crazy~  I keep it reasonable, with just a small, ‘excessive amount of sugar’, and just a tiny bit of  ‘waaay too big portions’.  What can I say..they love me, and I want to keep it that way..lol!  🙂

This french toast speaks to that child in all of us, while at the same time, providing a glorious start (or end) to any day, in the most fun and tastiest sway EVER!  Behold…Cake Batter French Toast!

Buttery Hawaiian Bread is dipped in a rich and luscious cake batter, then slathered with frosting and showered with happy little sprinkles…it’s TO DIE FOR DELICIOUS!!!

What you’ll need for 4-6 slices:

4-6 slices of Bread..I used Hawaiian Bread for sweetness

The Batter~

1 cup of dry cake mix..I used Butter Pecan flavor..but ANY flavor will work!

2 large Eggs

1/4 – 1/2 OR SO cup of Milk…you want the batter a slightly thin “pancake batter” consistency

1 tsp. of Vanilla OR Almond extract..I like Almond for this.

White Frosting, warmed up for the toping

Colorful Sprinkles of your choice

non-stick spray

Directions:

In a medium shallow bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, extract, and splashes of milk, (and some sprinkles..optional) until the desired consistency is achieved…

Dip one slice of bread at a time into the batter, making sure to evenly coat both sides.

Place it onto a noon-stick sprayed griddle, and cook until both sides are evenly golden..

Stack them up while they’re still a bit warm…

Drizzle them with some warmed up frosting…

And a nice shower of sprinkles…

NOW…DIG IN!

~Enjoy all the smiles!  🙂

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Oh jeez~~I’ve gone and done it again!  I’ve mashed things up, rocked the boat, stirred the pot!  I’ve taken a perfectly good, ordinary french toast breakfast, and morphed it into something even more “perfectly good”!  It’s true!

I took that custardy, moist french toast and gave it ‘syrup dimples’..in the form of Waffles!

NOW~ French Toast can be filled with all the sweet, syrupy glory of Waffles, while still holding true to all the tender, cinnamony, French Toast goodness we all know and love!  And it’s SO easy!

Make up a batch of this magical morning union and see what I mean!  It’s a French Toast/Waffle love child of epic yumminess!

What you’ll need for 4 Waffle-ized Slices opt French Toast…(double accordingly for more):

4 Slices of really good Bread, like Cobblestone Bread!!  <<  AHH~MAZING!

The Custard:

2 eggs

1 cup of Milk

A dash of Cinnamon

The Topping:

One cup of Cinnamon/Sugar…your favorite ratio!

Butter for topping

Syrup for topping

A waffle iron!

Directions:

In a medium bowl, mix together the Eggs, Milk and dash of Cinnamon…

Dip each slice of Bread ingot he egg mixture, making sure to evenly coat both sides…

Now, place it inside your hot Waffle Iron…checking and watching for it to get nice and golden…

While they’re warm, sprinkle them with Cinnamon Sugar for that classic French Toast taste~  feel free to get booth sides nice and covered!

Stack them up…

Plate them up…

Dress them up…

Serve them up…

Eat them up…!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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Whoa!!  Take everything you’ve ever known about French Toast and throw it out the window~  like really..go throw that knowledge out the window..lol!

THIS French Toast is God’s gift to all who love toasty, moist, thick, sweet, and custardy-creamy French Toast!  You won’t even need to measure, mix, season up, whip or worry about making a custard!  NOPE…your Custard is pre-made..!

Pre-made Custard in the form of Ice Cream…crazy right?!  Thick, rich melty Ice Cream..just waiting around to make you life easier and WAY more delicious!  In fact…this is my new Go-to Custard of Choice…just think of the flavor possibilities, and the ease of turning anything you’d like into a thick, rich dessert..by way of your new life hack~  Ice Cream “custard”!  Breakfast is served! 🙂

What you’ll need:

1 loaf of French Bread…OR any Bread you like for french toast!

3 cups of Melted Ice Cream!  I used Cinnamon Bun flavor~  but the possibilities are endless!

1 large Egg

A dash or 2 of Cinnamon

Directions:

Slice the Bread…

In a medium bowl mix together the melted Ice Cream and the Egg until it’s well combined, sprinkle in a dash of Cinnamon…

Generously soak each slice of Bread in the custard…making sure to get all sides… Place the custardy bread into your baking dish…

Now, pour the rest of the melted ice cream evenly all over the bread, it may look like a lot, but it will all get absorbed, creating the most succulent and moist French Toast EVER!

Bake it at 350 degrees, for approx. 40 minutes, or until it’s golden and all the ice cream has all been absorbed.

Let it cool…

Serve it up with a leftover drizzle of some melted Ice Cream if you’d like~

And maybe even a little Syrup & dash of Cinnamon…

Now..dig into the BEST French Toast IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Do you ever wish you could enjoy a nice plate of warm, sweet Cookies in the morning without the judgmental eyes of law abiding  toast & cereal eaters?  Well…NOW you can!  That’s right~ it is now totally acceptable to indulge in a stack of Cookies before Noon with these French Toast Cookies!  Just own it, and give that simple stack a sweet  syrupy soaking just for fun!  🙂

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SOOO GOOD!

Each buttery Cookie is filled with Maple Syrup and encrusted in that authentic Cinnamon & Sugar combo!  Fresh out of the oven, these are honestly THE BEST COOKIE err…”Breakfast” EVER!  Just trust me on this one!  Get these tender, chewy morning morsels into your mouth STAT!  🙂

~As a bonus, they’re perfect for dessert too..or a Midnight snack..or an afternoon pick-me-up!

What you’ll need for TWO dozen French Toast Cookies:

3 cups of all purpose Flour

1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup softened Butter

1/2 cup Maple Syrup

1 Egg

1 cup Cinnamon/Sugar (mixed)

Directions:

In a large bowl combine the Flour, Egg, Sugar, Butter and Syrup, mix well!

Form the dough into 1″ balls and roll them into the Cinnamon/Sugar…

Place them onto a parchment lined sheet pan and gently press them down into a cookie shape…

Bake them at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until they’re golden and slightly firm…

Let them cool just a little…

BUT..definitely eat them warm!!  Re-heat as needed~they’re the BEST that way!  🙂

You’ll want need more than one or two…

Don’t forget the Milk!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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So, I just had to take my Gingerbread love affair to another level.  Ohhh..Sure, it’s great in the evening as a dessert, or even mid-day as a sweet treat, but I wanted to find a way to get my Gingerbread on in the morning too!  And what better way to jazz up breakfast that with Gingerbread?!

French Toast is socially acceptable in any form and therefore, this is just FINE..lol!  Thick slabs of sweet and slightly spicy Gingerbread is stacked with a smooth cascade of melty Butter and rivers of Syrup!  ~GOOD MORNING!

What you’ll need:

Gingerbread Cake~  Either store bought or you can bake your own.

1 cup of Milk

1 Egg

Butter

Syrup

Directions:

Cut the Gingerbread into manageable squares.

In a medium bowl beat the Egg into the Milk.

Dip each one into the Egg.Milk making sure to evenly coat each side very well…

Cook up the Gingerbread on a griddle as you would regular French Toast…

Stack it up…

And add Butter & Syrup.  Eat it!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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