#1,852: Easy Cinnamon Bread French Toast

My family loves french toast.  I personally think that homemade french toast is usually lacking flavor and often is a little too mushy for my liking.  When I make french toast, the first piece or two is generally covered in cinnamon, but I have to keep adding more as I add more bread to the egg mixture.  So I decided I should outsmart myself by using cinnamon bread as my bread base.  My kids loved this, and I've already made it twice for them.  There's a good chance that this will show up on our menu again this week as well.  

Here is what the recipe I use for our egg mixture/base, but feel free to adapt this to your favorite family french toast recipe. 

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (plus more for sprinkling on each piece)
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoons sugar
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 loaf of cinnamon bread (I think it’s about 10 slices in the bag I bought)

In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk.  Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar and whisk again to combine. 

Lightly spray a griddle (heated to 350 degrees) with non-stick spray.  Dip bread in egg mixture coating both sides.   Place on a griddle and cook until golden brown on the bottom, then flip to cook the other side. Serve with syrup if desired.