French toast has always been one of my favorite breakfast foods. Don’t get me wrong, pancakes and delicious home fries are also top on my list but there’s something about French toast that just makes me really happy. In college, we always ate at IHOP after a long night and I almost always ordered French toast. Even now, I really feel like I don’t eat French toast enough even though I’d really like to. Anyway, to fulfill my French toast craving, I thought I’d try my hand at biscuit French toast!
Let me just say this: biscuit French toast is already a thing. I did not come up with the idea (even though I wish I did). It exists! My first introduction to it was at one of my favorite restaurants, Easy Bistro. Earlier this year, they hosted a biscuit popup for brunch and it was really cool. They featured a simple menu of a variety of biscuit dishes – one of them being biscuit French toast.
from Easy Bistro’s biscuit popup
You want to know what I loved most about this version of French toast? It was mini! I mean, come on, mini foods are just so cute (except for Krystal – Krystal scares me). For months, I’ve been thinking about these little biscuits and where I could get more. After coming up empty-handed, I decided to make it myself! Ooooh yeah.
Weekend breakfast: biscuit French toast
So here’s the deal: I love making things from scratch. I love creating and/or following a recipe and really being proud of what I created. HOWEVER, I also really appreciate the beauty of semi-homemade. Sandra Lee has nothing on me.
I say this to say: I did not make these biscuits from scratch.
Does that make you happy? Does it make you roll your eyes at me?
Whatever.
I knew that making biscuits from scratch would be too much for my life and so I wanted to recreate the recipe and make it as easy as possible. If you want to make your own biscuits, you should. You could try this recipe and eliminate the cheese and jalapeño. Will you try biscuit French toast? It’s really good and could even double as a dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- Cinnamon, plus more for serving
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Pillsbury canned biscuits
- Butter (plus some melted for later use)
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a shallow dish, make the French toast batter. Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon and vanilla and blend well. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, take the biscuits out of the can and use a small lid or mini biscuit or cookie cutter to make mini biscuits. If the biscuits are too thick, slice them in half to thing them out. This will help them cook evenly.
- Heat a skillet then melt a tablespoon or two of butter. Meanwhile, using a few at a time, dip the biscuits in the egg mixture, soaking on both sides, then place in the heated skillet.
- Cook until golden brown on both sides then place in a bowl. Repeat process until all biscuits have been cooked.
- Melt more butter then drizzle over the cooked biscuits; toss with powdered sugar, more cinnamon and serve!
