French Toast Strips

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I love french toast. It is by far my favorite breakfast food. When the girls were little, we made it with white bread that was made from overly processed white flour, and milk. Because it was cheap and what we could afford. When they were teenagers we learned that evaporated milk gave the french toast added flavor and was also cheap (not so much any more), then we began using 100% whole wheat bread. Yum! My favorite .

This recipe makes about 20 whole slices of french toast. The serving size that I serve is two slices of french toast, which allows me to stretch this recipe out over time.

Ingredients:

20 slices 100% whole wheat bread

6 well-beaten eggs (One of the few times I will suggest that you actually use large eggs.)

1 can of evaporated milk (can milk)

sugar/cinnamon mix to taste

1. Mix the eggs, evaporated milk and sugar/cinnamon mixture together.
2. Dip a slice of bread into the mixture and place it on a well-greased pan. Cook until side 1 is done, then flip and cook side 2.
3. Stir mixture just before dipping each slice of bread, in order to redistribute the sugar/cinnamon mixture.
4. Cool the slices, then cut each into three strips.
5. Place 3 strips in each of 20 snack size zipper bags. Place the bags into a gallon size zippered freezer bag and place into the freezer.

Tips:

• When the girls were young we used the zippered bags, the cheapest brands we could find. Recently, I have been hearing about high levels of lead being used in the production of at least some of these bag brands. Please research this well. Maybe come up with a different method of storing. Feel free to share your thoughts on this below.
• Use store brand ingredients whenever possible to save money.
• Try other spices in place of the cinnamon.

Serving Suggestions:

• Serve with a side of fruit and a glass of skim milk or 100% fruit juice.
• Top with whipped topping and apple pie filling. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of the apple pie filling. Or try berries instead of filling.
• Serve with maple syrup rather than regular syrup.

How do you eat your french toast?

 

Happy eating!

Shannon

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