Mini French Toast Bites
This recipe uses a crusty baguette as the bread, so your French toast is bite-sized and perfect for little appetites. Kids love to help make these for breakfast!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- one 13-ounce baguette (anywhere around that size)
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup (120ml) half-and-half*
- 1/2 cup (120ml) milk
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1–2 Tablespoons (14-28g) unsalted butter, for greasing the pan
Instructions
- 1
Slice baguette into 1- to 1.5-inch-thick slices. Set aside.
- 2
In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, half-and-half, milk, and cinnamon together until combined. The mixture will be thick and creamy. Pour into a pie dish or shallow baking pan.
- 3
Soak the bread slices in the egg mixture for about 2 minutes on each side.
- 4
Meanwhile, over medium-low heat, melt 1 Tablespoon of butter in a skillet. Place however many slices of bread fit into the pan and cook until golden brown on each side, about 3 minutes on each side. Melt more butter in skillet for the next batch, if needed.
- 5
Serve immediately with your favorite toppings like maple syrup, confectioners’ sugar, berries, whipped cream, blueberry sauce topping, or strawberry sauce topping.