Cinnamon Roll French Toast Roll Ups

Erika Wassall, creator of Bees Matter (Bioindicator Species), right here, with a recipe for learn how to make French Toast Sticks. Severely, figuring out that home made French toast sticks exist within the universe simply makes it a greater place. They’re so good!  We’re speaking about rolling up cinnamon-sugar-filled bread slices earlier than dipping them in eggs and pan frying. I assume you may additionally name them cinnamon roll French toast roll-ups! By any title, these are scrumptious. What’s extra? You may make further and hold them frozen. So you may have your cinnamon roll French toast sticks any time!

This was first printed Could 26, 2016. I’ve added a recipe card and made just a few updates and republished it for my new readers to take pleasure in.

Cinnamon roll French toast roll ups are a enjoyable, hand-held twist on basic French toast! Right here’s why you’ll love making them:

1. Good for Dipping – Since they’re rolled up, they’re simple to dip into syrup, fruit sauces, and even yogurt.
2. Customizable Fillings – These have a cinnamon roll-style filling. Nonetheless, you should utilize cream cheese, Nutella, peanut butter, or recent fruit, inside earlier than rolling them up.
3. Extra Taste in Each Chew – Not like common French toast, the place many of the taste is on the surface, roll-ups permit fillings to be tucked inside. This creates a good richer style.
4. Crispy Exterior, Smooth Inside – Pan-frying the roll-ups (which simply means cooking them in a pan with slightly butter or oil) provides them a barely crisp outer layer. It retains the within delicate and heat.
5. Nice for Youngsters – In case you have children already, the smaller, handheld measurement makes them extra interesting. They’re additionally much less messy for little ones.

How To Make French Toast Sticks

So right here I’m, pregnant with my first little one, (yay), and I’m ALL about attempting to make issues so simple as doable as soon as the Little Minion comes into the world. I’ve talked to different mothers, and plenty of, many mothers counsel having as a lot frozen meals as doable. And much more particularly, simple seize meals. Casseroles are nice, however (A) that’s typically what individuals convey over for brand new mothers and (B) typically there actually isn’t time to warmth an entire casserole and sit and eat.

So I’ve been on the look out for meals I can freeze, individually, after which pop in a microwave and devour. These frozen french toast sticks match the invoice completely for a candy tooth. It’s a pleasant twist on conventional French toast.

The ingredient listing is easy. The home made french toast sticks are versatile (you understand how a lot I LOVE versatility!), fast to make, AMAZING recent, and JUST nearly as good frozen. They’re scrumptious when correctly reheated. These French toast sticks style like cinnamon rolls. That’s as a result of they form of are! Actually fast ones!

Let’s get to learn how to make french toast sticks or cinnamon roll French toast roll-ups. Nonetheless, you select to name them!

Home made “Cinnamon Roll” French Toast Sticks

These Cinnamon French Toast Sticks substances are quite simple. Seize a loaf of sentimental, white bread. Easy sandwich bread. I used Italian. (Brioche bread slices or potato bread could be delish as effectively!)  Minimize off the sides, and squish it!  Positive, you COULD use a rolling pin.  If yours is readily available, seize it!  However if you happen to’re like me and couldn’t discover yours, simply use your fingers and squish it down.

Soften butter in a small bowl within the microwave.  Then combine in white sugar, gentle brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Get out a shallow bowl that shall be used for dipping. Combine up some egg, milk, and a contact of maple syrup or vanilla extract. Set this egg batter apart.

That is what the prep station in your cinnamon roll ups will appear to be.

Scoop out some sugar/butter/cinnamon combine and unfold on a slice of bread.  (A fork is the easiest way to unfold this cinnamon sugar combination).

Roll it up the stuffed french toast.

Then dip and roll by the egg combination.

You may make up just a few, after which pop them right into a sizzling skillet with some butter.  Brown ALL sides.  After I say ALL, I imply it is likely to be greater than two.  A few of mine ended up having three sides.  The extra you may get that golden brown, the higher, actually. It’s solely a minute or two per aspect within the frying pan, so brown it up properly.

Take the home made french toast stands out and place them on a paper towel on high of a baking sheet. This enables the paper towels to soak up any further grease.

These scrumptious french toast sticks even have a little bit of a crepe texture as a result of the bread was flattened. These cinnamon french toast roll ups maintain the filling effectively and are a enjoyable finger meals.

COOKING NOTES: 

You could must play with the warmth and butter on the skillet. Burnt butter will go away a humorous style. What I ended up doing is wiping the butter out after every batch, and beginning with new. This didn’t take so long as it sounds. You solely want a small quantity of butter within the pan for every batch anyway, simply to coat the pan.

If you end up operating out of filling, simply combine up a bit extra. Or you may add Nutella to stretch it ultimately, that’s what I did!

Frozen Frech Toast Sticks

TO FREEZE:  Place them on a bit of aluminum foil, in ONE single layer, and place within the freezer for 2 hours. Then you may stick them multi functional freezer bag. They received’t stick collectively. They’ll hold for months.

HOW TO COOK Frozen French Toast Sticks:  Right here’s the factor, these home made french toast sticks can style JUST nearly as good reheated.  No joke.  Take a paper towel, moist and ring it out fully, however it’s nonetheless damp.  Take out nonetheless many you want, wrap possibly 3 max per paper towel and pop in microwave for 20 seconds. Test. You’re searching for them to be unfrozen all through. This may rely upon what number of you’re making. Hold going for 10-20 second intervals till they’re thawed. (Listening helps, if you happen to hear the sizzle, they’re prepared.)

THEN, pop then on the range in a half a TBS of butter, and brown your sides once more, simply shortly.

For those who observe these instructions for learn how to make french toast sticks and freeze them, they’ll style JUST nearly as good reheated. Merely AMAZING.

Frech Toast Sticks Variations

DISCLAIMER:  These are BARELY a fast breakfast meals. They’re extra of a snack/dessert. However you might make them more healthy with a lighter filling.  

Extra concepts for the filling of those stuffed french toast sticks:

• Nutella
• Cream cheese and a minced fruit 
• Jelly
• Toss some walnuts or nut mixes in there
• Peanut butter and mashed bananas

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