This recipe came from kind of a dare. One of my Facebook groups posted a recipe for a cinnamon quickbread, and noted that it is too bad you can’t make French toast from quickbread because this would be yummy. Challenge accepted! A quick search found some people who had tried this, and the trick is to let the bread sit for a day or two before cutting into slices. The other important procedure is to just dip the bread into the egg mixture, don’t let it soak. Enjoy!
TOTAL TIME: To make the bread:Prep: 20 min. Bake: 45 min. @ 350. To make the French Toast, next day or later, Prep 5 min., cook 5 min. YIELD: 16 servings.
Ingredients (per serving of 4 slices of French toast)
- 4 slices of Cinnamon Loaf (recipe below)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk (non-dairy works just fine too)
Directions for French toast
- Pre-heat griddle on medium-low (I use 300 deg F on an electric griddle).
- Beat egg, add milk and beat together
- Pour egg/milk mixture onto a flat plate or bowl for easy dipping. You are going to want to be able to lay the bread flat.
- Butter the surface of the griddle/pan so the bread doesn’t stick.
- Dip bread into the mixture – one side, quickly turn over, other side, then lay on the pan. Do this for each slice.
- Cook for 2.5 minutes on one side (until it is smoking), 2 minutes on the other side. Serve with maple syrup
Directions for Cinnamon Loaf
TOTAL TIME: To make the bread:Prep: 20 min. Bake: 45 min. @ 350. YIELD: 16 servings.
Ingredients
Large bowl
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Smaller bowl
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Measuring cup
- 1 cup buttermilk
Prep bowl
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoons sugar
Directions
- In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk just until mixed.
- Transfer half of the mixture to a 9×5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar. Sprinkle three-fourths of mixture over batter. Top with remaining butter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture.
- Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Wait until the next day and slice into 16 slices. Can be frozen up to 3 months.
Nutrition Facts 1 slice: 173 calories, 4g fat (2g saturated fat), 40mg cholesterol, 225mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g ber), 3g protein.