Churro French Toast

Hola Amigos.! Lots of wonderful things going on in my vida(life) right now so I had to take a little break.

And although I've been gone and you haven't seen any new posts or photos.

I dream of sugar and baking up sweet ooey gooey love!

I assure my ovens have remained hot and I have so many new super delicioso recipes to share!

I know for you guys as well....things can get pretty busy en la vida (in life), crazy mañanas with long listas of things to do! 

But every since I was a young Chica, I was always told that breakfast was the most important meal of the day.

I also believe one can never be too busy for something sweet,

so I figured why not jumpstart your day with a wonderful mix of  los dos ( both)!

So may I present to you a magically delicious addition to your busy mañana (morning )guaranteed to make you.......

okay maybe you can't

but the taste is so buttery and delicious your mouth while have no choice but to slow down and smile!

Vamos a la cocina

Ingredients

For the French Toast
1/4 tsp of cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup milk

4 large eggs

10 to 12 slices white bread ( I love texas toast it's thicker and holds up great once dipped)

 

For the Churro

1/2 stick of butter (melted)

3/4 cup of sugar

1 tsp of cinnamon

chocolate syrup or maple syrup (optional for those without a super sweet tooth)

 

Directions

1. Break all the eggs into a wide, shallow bowl or pie plate; beat lightly with a fork. Stir in milk, vanilla and cinnamon .
2. Over medium-low heat, heat griddle or skillet coated with a thin layer of butter, margarine or cooking spray.
3. Place the bread slices, one at a time, into the bowl or plate, letting slices soak up egg mixture for a few seconds, if needed lightly shake extra cinnamon onto bread slice then carefully turn to coat the other side. Soak/coat only as many slices as you will be cooking at one time.
4. Transfer bread slices to griddle or skillet, heating slowly until bottom is golden brown. Turn and brown the other side.  Place cooked French toast on a separate plate until it's time to dip in the Churro mixture.
5. Once all your French Toast is done combine your 3/4 cup of sugar and your teaspoon of cinnamon in a shallow plate or dish. Melt 1/2 stick of butter about 45 secs or until completely melted pour it into a shallow bowl or pie plate , One at a time dip your cooked bread slices in the butter mixture and then place butter coated bread into your cinnamon sugar Churro mixture making sure to coat each side equally with cinnamon-sugary goodness!
6. Now that the hard part is over here comes the  easy! Stack your plate with as many slices of Churro French Toast that you think  your belly can handle. Now if your a complete sugar addict( like some Chica that I know cough, cough!) this is the moment that you can either swirl on some maple syrup or heat up a small cup of your favorite chocolate syrup. I personally love the taste of Churros dipped in chocolate....so chocolate glazed Churro French Toast es tan Perfecto para mi! ( so Perfect for me)

 

Mexican Breakfast Club- Mexican Chocolate French Toast

So although lunch is my preferred meal of the day, breakfast holds a very special memory in my heart. Why you ask ? Because many, many lunas ( moons) ago when I was a small, pequena muchahcha I would spend countless mornings around my Nana & Pop Pops breakfast table. I remember sitting at their great big walnut colored kitchen table and watching my Pop Pop flipping the pancakes for what seemed like forever, than making sky high fluffy stacks of his family famous maple pancakes.



There were six little chicas to feed between my sister and my four primas ( cousins) and it didn't even seem to phase him that we had the appetites of  little baby lions and just 1 pancake a piece would not do. He just kept happily slappin the batter on the griddle, and telling us to make sure we had a seat so that we had the perfect view of our early morning cartoons. Such a sweet connection between cooking and showing love.






I couldn't see it back then but now I realize that my Pop Pop didn't see cooking for his grand girls as a chore but a labor of love ♥  Okay, Okay I have to get syrupy sweet about things sometimes.........now to the task at hand.  If you follow my blog you may already know that a few weeks ago I was consumed by all things breakfast, I couldn't stop thinking of new early morning recipes.  I was OBSESSED!  So when I saw that girlie chef & Helen's Breakfast Club   were hosting a Mexican Club event.

 I figured my Mexican Chocolate French Toast could fit the bill.  Although Mexican Chocolate French Toast is not a "traditional" breakfast food it does use Mexican ingredients. It's what I love to call Mexi-Nueva , which is taking common Mexican ingredients and giving them a new spin and a twist! I did previously post about my Mexican French Toast but I never did give the recipe, so here it is. I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 1/2 cups of milk
4-5 slices of thick Texas toast or 5-6 slices of reg bread
1 tbsp of Mexican canela or cinnamon
1 tbsp Dutch process cocoa
2 tsp of chocolate extract
drizzle of  Nestle Abuelita Mexican chocolate syrup
chocolate chips

Directions :


1. Pour the milk into a medium size bowl, whisk in the eggs until well incorporated and smooth. Next, mix in your, Mexican canela,  cocoa and chocolate extract,whisk until smooth.

2.Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium heat.

3.Soak bread slices in mixture until saturated, but not soggy. Cook bread on each side until golden brown.  Sprinkle with cocoa, cinnamon chocolate chips and a drizzle of  Nestle Abuelita chocolate syrup and Enjoy!