Cinnamon Roll French Toast Roll Ups

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

This was first revealed May 26, 2016. I’ve added a recipe card and made a couple of 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! Here’s why you’ll love making them:

1. Perfect 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. However, you should utilize cream cheese, Nutella, peanut butter, or contemporary fruit, inside earlier than rolling them up.
3. More Flavor in Every Bite – Unlike common French toast, the place many of the taste is on the surface, roll-ups permit fillings to be tucked inside. This creates an excellent richer style.
4. Crispy Outside, Soft Inside – Pan-frying the roll-ups (which simply means cooking them in a pan with a bit butter or oil) provides them a barely crisp outer layer. It retains the within tender and heat.
5. Great for Kids – If you may have kids already, the smaller, handheld measurement makes them extra interesting. They are additionally much less messy for little ones.

How To Make French Toast Sticks

So right here I’m, pregnant with my first baby, (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 lots of, many mothers recommend 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) generally there actually isn’t time to warmth a complete 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 is a pleasant twist on conventional French toast.

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

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

Homemade “Cinnamon Roll” French Toast Sticks

These Cinnamon French Toast Sticks substances are quite simple. Grab a loaf of soppy, white bread. Simple sandwich bread. I used Italian. (Brioche bread slices or potato bread can be delish as properly!)  Cut off the sides, and squish it!  Sure, you COULD use a rolling pin.  If yours is readily available, seize it!  But in the event you’re like me and couldn’t discover yours, simply use your fingers and squish it down.

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

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

This is what the prep station to 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 one of the simplest ways to unfold this cinnamon sugar combination).

Roll it up the stuffed french toast.

Then dip and roll by the egg combination.

You could make up a couple of, after which pop them right into a sizzling skillet with some butter.  Brown ALL sides.  When I say ALL, I imply it may be greater than two.  Some of mine ended up having three sides.  The extra you will get that golden brown, the higher, actually. It’s solely a minute or two per facet 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 prime of a baking sheet. This permits the paper towels to soak up any additional 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 properly and are a enjoyable finger meals.

COOKING NOTES: 

You might must play with the warmth and butter on the skillet. Burnt butter will depart 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 working out of filling, simply combine up a bit extra. Or you can add Nutella to stretch it ultimately, that’s what I did!

Frozen Frech Toast Sticks

TO FREEZE:  Place them on a chunk of aluminum foil, in ONE single layer, and place within the freezer for 2 hours. Then you’ll be able to stick them multi function freezer bag. They gained’t stick collectively. They’ll maintain for months.

HOW TO COOK Frozen French Toast Sticks:  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 solely, but it surely’s nonetheless damp.  Take out nevertheless many you want, wrap perhaps 3 max per paper towel and pop in microwave for 20 seconds. Check. You’re on the lookout for them to be unfrozen all through. This will rely upon what number of you’re making. Keep going for 10-20 second intervals till they’re thawed. (Listening helps, in the event you 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.

If you comply with these instructions for how one can make french toast sticks and freeze them, they may style JUST nearly as good reheated. Simply AMAZING.

Frech Toast Sticks Variations

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

More 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

Printable Recipe For Cinnamon Roll French Toast Sticks: