Sorry for the hiatus, blog readers, but as most of you know, I was busy having my second baby recently and due to my friends' and family's generous gifts of dinner brought to my door since the baby has been born, I haven't been doing much cooking! The one exception has been breakfast. I LOVE cooking breakfast and it is the meal that I only really get to make on weekends when the whole family is home to eat a leisurely morning meal. With Erik home on paternity leave, though, I've had ample breakfast cooking adventures and have enjoyed every attempt at it. I had to share this amazing version of french toast. I got the idea from Diners Drive-ins and Dives on Food Network where someone made Captain Crunch Cereal encrusted french toast. I was in awe of the genius idea. I try not to buy too much sugary cereal though because I love it so much I'd probably eat it two meals a day and that's just not healthy, however we did have some Golden Grahams in the house and I thought that would be a great variation.
The wet mixture had eggs, half and half, cinnamon and vanilla extract in it. Then I just pounded the cereal in a plastic bag with a meat mallet. I wanted there to be some bigger pieces, not just all powder crumbs, or I would have used the mini cuisinart. After a good soak in the wet mixture, I coated in the cereal and put on the griddle. I thought I had over done the crust a bit as it was nearly getting to be burnt, but Erik liked that deep flavor better than my less well done pieces. You do have to be careful that the temperature isn't too hot on the griddle because you can easily burn the cereal before the egg mixture has set. I loved the crunch and flavor the cereal brought to the toast- with a little maple syrup, it was perfect! I can't wait to try other cereals!
