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Bread, Breakfast, Casserole, Cinnamon Roll, French Toast

Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake is a family favorite. Kids and adults love this cinnamon roll french toast. Classic french toast with bread, egg, milk, and cinnamon cooked on a pan on the stove is a classic breakfast that everyone has loved for years. However, for a family of 4 or more, you could use an entire loaf of bread! I don’t know about you, but cooking pancakes, waffles, and french toast is stressful to me. My family is obsessed with these breakfasts and as a result, they eat A LOT. I get stressed out when making these dishes because by the time I make enough for everyone, the 1st round of pancakes, waffles, and french toast have already cooled. Wah!

Classic Breakfast Alternative

Because cooking french toast can leave some family members eating cold french toast, a yummy alternative is to bake a big enough batch at the same time. Sounds genius right? It is! Since it cooks at the same time, it’s ready at the same time. Which means everyone can eat a warm breakfast. At the same time!

This french toast casserole makes it easier for you to serve your hungry family a yummy cinnamon french toast and be able to serve it warm! You can even prepare this casserole bake the night before and won’t sacrifice the consistency or taste. Then, you can just pop it in the oven in the morning. This is perfect for holiday breakfasts like Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc! There is enough going on in the mornings on holidays, nobody wants to be stuck in the kitchen making breakfast. You want to enjoy your family time. Making this cinnamon roll french toast bake allows you to be part of the quality time and provide a quality meal that everyone will be thankful for.

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls 17.5 oz cans
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1/2 cup Half & half
  • 3 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans Optional

How To Make

As previously mentioned, this recipe can be prepped the night before. Just get everything ready to bake and then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees. Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract. Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices. Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly. Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly. Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish. Sprinkle with pecans, if using. Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes. When done, remove from oven. Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds. Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well. Serve warm and enjoy that tasty goodness of cinnamon rolls in a french toast version.

Instructions

  • *This recipe can be prepped the night before*Follow recipe through adding pecans, then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.
  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  • Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.
  • Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices.
  • Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly.
  • Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly.
  • Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with pecans, if using.
  • Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes.
  • When done, remove from oven.
  • Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds.
  • Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well.
  • Serve warm.

Easy Recipe & Tastes Great!

Cinnamon Roll French Toast is an easy recipe because the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls add most of the recipe and all you need to do is slice those up! The rest is easy-peasy as far as baking goes. Just add some cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, cream, and eggs. Then bake and enjoy. No need to add butter or syrup, but feel free to add it if you prefer. If you keep an eye on your french toast bake ane make sure it’s not over-cooked, this will be a gooey, cinnamon-y french toast that doesn’t need anything added (except the cinnamon roll icing, of course!). I prefer to add chopped pecans or walnuts to the top before cooking. Yes, it adds some additional flavor from your favorite nuts, but it also provides a crunchy texture which is great, when you are chewing this chewy and delectable breakfast!

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Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bake

Cinnamon Rolls Made Into a French Toast Bake
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Keyword breakfast bread, breakfast casserole, cinnamon roll, french toast
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls 17.5 oz cans
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 1/2 cup Half & half
  • 3 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans Optional

Instructions

  • *This recipe can be prepped the night before*
    Follow recipe through adding pecans, then cover tightly and refrigerate until you bake it.
  • Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  • Melt butter and coat 9 x 13 baking dish with the melted butter.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract.
  • Open canned cinnamon rolls and slice each roll into 8 slices.
  • Place cinnamon roll pieces into egg mixture and coat thoroughly.
  • Pour the pieces into the greased baking dish and spread evenly.
  • Add remaining egg mixture to the baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with pecans, if using.
  • Bake in oven for 22-28 minutes or until light golden brown. Baking time can vary. Keep an eye on it after 22 minutes.
  • When done, remove from oven.
  • Microwave icing (that came with cinnamon rolls) for 20 seconds.
  • Pour icing over cinnamon roll french toast bake, covering well.
  • Serve warm.
  • ENJOY!
Breakfast, Casserole, Sausage

Sausage & Biscuits

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Sausage and biscuits is a hearty breakfast that can feed big families easily. It is easy to make and has a gravy that is addictive. Even if you aren’t a huge fan of sausages, in general, breakfast sausage is liked by almost everyone. It’s texture is much like ground turkey and hamburg, but has a very appetizing flavor. This breakfast casserole is the perfect choice for Easter brunch, holidays such as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day breakfasts, or any morning that you want something more than cereal.

Ultimate Breakfast Comfort Food

This satisfying breakfast is hearty and the ultimate breakfast comfort food. We all know this is not a dish that is going to be promoted by Weight Watchers, but does that really matter? Not if you eat it in moderation. You can’t survive off of rice cakes and fruit every day…okay, maybe you can, but you wouldn’t be happy – let’s just agree on that!

Sausage and biscuits consists of biscuits, sausages, then more biscuits! Every bite is loaded with some kind of pleasurable ingredient. No need to sift through the pan, you can’t go wrong with your serving.

Easy to Make

Not only is this dish delicious, it is very easy to make. And there are minimal ingredients needed to cook this family favorite. You will need sausage, biscuits, flour, milk, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. That’s it! For a breakfast that packs so much flavor, it’s amazing that there are so little ingredients. You could add some melted butter to the top layer of biscuits, but it’s not necessary. You could opt for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Light spray and spray the tops of the biscuits to give them a golden hue.

What I really love about this recipe is that you can cook 2 different steps at the same time. For instance, as the 1st biscuit layer cooks, you can cook the sausage and gravy. Then, when the biscuits are done, you can add the sausage/gravy mixture to the pan, then top with the final layer of biscuits. And then as the entire meal cooks together, you can clean up and get ready to dig in!

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Sausage & Biscuits

The BEST Easy Sausage & Biscuits recipe
Course Biscuits, Breakfast, Brunch, Sausage
Cuisine American
Keyword breakfast bread, breakfast recipe, easy brunch recipes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Flaky Biscuits 16 oz cans
  • 1 lb Breakfast Sausage
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 4 tbsp Flour
  • 3 cups Milk
  • 2 tbsp Melted Butter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400° F.

  • Cut each biscuit into quarters and set aside.
  • Spray cooking spray into a 9 x 13 pan.
  • Layer half of the quarters in prepared pan.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • While biscuits are cooking, brown the sausage over a medium/high heat until cook through.

  • Reduce heat to medium.
  • In a small bowl, mix together flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
  • Sprinkle the cooked sausage with flour mixture and stir mixture until completely absorbed.
  • Next, add in milk and stir to combine.
  • Stir frequently until mixture comes to a simmer.
  • Reduce heat to low and continue to simmer and stir until gravy has started to thicken, (about 5 mins).
  • Pour gravy over your bottom layer of cooked biscuits.
  • Layer the remaining uncooked, biscuit pieces over the gravy.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
  • If you would like, brush 1-2 Tablespoons of melted butter over the tops of the biscuits to give them an inviting shine.
  • Let cool for a few minutes.
  • Enjoy!
Bread, Breakfast

Brown Sugar Banana Bread

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Brown sugar banana bread. Mmm. How good does that sound? Homemade bread is great as it is. Adding brown sugar to the top takes this breakfast bread to an amazingly delicious level. This homemade bread doesn’t have to be only served for breakfast, it can be eaten any time throughout the day.

When To Make This

Bananas are a staple item on our weekly grocery list. Normally, the bananas do not last long in my household. However, every once in a while, we end up with bananas for longer than expected and they start to get ripe. Sometimes too ripe. I hate throwing away food, especially knowing that ripe bananas are great ingredients in many recipes, especially banana bread and banana muffins. As luck would have it, one day we had a few very ripe bananas and I found a recipe for banana bread. My family loves banana bread and I hate throwing away food. Win-win. Additionally, I saved our kitchen from the dreaded fruit flies!

Which Recipe Should I Choose?

I did some researching for great tasting banana breads that were easy to make and moist. Who wants to eat dry bread? Yuck. I found a million recipes and read through the comments and looked at pictures before finding the one I was looking for. Brown sugar banana bread! Why didn’t I think of that first? If you have ever had pineapple upside down cake and know the awesome taste of the brown sugar on top (or bottom, depending on how you look at it), that was all I could think of. I had to try THIS recipe.

The Result

Brown sugar banana bread is my son’s favorite homemade bread. Heck, it is my entire family’s favorite homemade bread. However, my son would have eaten the entire loaf, if I let him. What I mean is, he would have eaten the entire loaf in 1 sitting! In this case, I think he ended up eating 85% of it over the 2 days it was in the house. Needless to say, this did not last long. We are anxiously waiting for the next time we have a few ripe bananas so we can make this recipe again…

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Brown Sugar Banana Bread

Give life to your old bananas with this delicious banana bread!
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Snack
Keyword banana, banana bread, breakfast bread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Butter Melted (I always use salted butter and omit extra salt in recipes)
  • 2/3 Cup Brown Sugar Light or Dark Brown will do
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Bananas Mashed up (the riper, the better)
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 3/4 Cup Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar For the topping!

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a large bowl, whisk melted butter and 2/3 cup brown sugar until well combined.
  • Add eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla and whisk until blended in well.
  • In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
  • Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
  • Stir batter well so that no streaks of flour remain.
  • Grease 9×9 baking pan and add batter to pan.
  • Smooth into an even layer then sprinkle the top with the remaining brown sugar.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool.
  • Enjoy!