French Toast

I'm a huge fan of breakfast foods. I could (and sometimes do) eat them for every meal. 

Today I made french toast for dinner. 

I think my recipe is delicious. I start by not preheating the oven. Did you know cooking bacon in the oven makes it oh-so-crispy? It's my favorite way to cook bacon. So, I put the bacon on a piece of foil on a pan, fold up the 4 edges of the foil a little (it makes clean up easier), and put the pan into my non-preheated oven. Then I turn the oven on to 350. As the bacon starts to get perfectly crispy, I start my french toast. 

For 2-3 people: I mix 5 eggs and slightly less than 1/4 C. of milk or, if I have it, whipping cream. 

I add 1 or 2 tsp of vanilla, depending on how vanilla-y I want it to taste. 

I mix in a little less than a 1/4 C. of sugar. 

Then I slice up the french bread into 1 inch thick slices. I think I used 9 slices this time. 

Soak the slices in the mixture and flip occasionally so that the egg mixture soaks all the way through. 

As the slices soak, heat up pan to slightly cook the french toast. Cook the toast just enough to seal in the egg mixture- they should barely brown it on each side. Put these slightly cooked french toasts on a pan and put it in the oven to finish cooking. 

Usually when I make bacon and french toast this way, it ends up that the bacon and french toast are done at the same time -perfect! 

Here's how I topped my toast tonight :) 

Coconut whipped cream with crushed banana chips

Whipped cream with cherries

Butter, crumbled bacon, and maple syrup (my favorite)