When you are craving something tasty and quick, without the hassle of preparing a full lunch or dinner, making French toast recipes can be the perfect solution. The versatility of this dish, which can be made with a variety of fillings, makes it a great choice for any meal. These Reddit users really tempted millions of people by posting photos of these delicious French toast sandwiches!
French Toast Peanut Butter and Jelly
Reddit user [borrado] mentioned that grape jam is his always go-to when making a French toast, but also remarked that the acidity of grapes is usually strong and doesn’t mix well with the rest of the flavors. He also added: “If I were to do this again, I’d for sure do banana and honey with peanut butter and go all savory.”
Full French Toast
Reddit user Sclerodermasucks17 commented that he prepared a cherry vanilla French toast with all these ingredients. In the image, you can see the sage sausage, cheddar chive scrambled, garlic parsley home fries, and crispy sunny-side up eggs. Some users like Cartwheels4Days mentioned that he wouldn’t put syrup on a piece of wood because it’s really hard to clean.
Fried Chicken and French Toast
Reddit user darkrealm190 revealed that as he grew up in New Orleans, he was used to eating chicken and waffles, but then he moved out to Korea. So, because he couldn’t find a waffle maker on that side of the planet, he just made French toast. And pointed out: “Honestly, it might be better because you can make a French toast chicken sandwich.”
French Toast with Strawberry and Cream
Reddit user GingerStoat mentioned the dish was a simple French toast with strawberry and cream, but sometimes he needs a salty dish so he prepares a French toast with bacon and pan fried peppers. A reply from Matt6453 mentioned: “It’s funny that most of the world does sweet things with French toasts, and I prefer loads of black pepper and Houses of Parliament sauce.”
Scramble Eggs, Sausage, Home Fries and Sourdough French Toast
Reddit user Mel_Zetz commented that his breakfast was made of scrambled eggs, sausage, home fries and sourdough French toast. Some users mentioned that to get a potato as crispy as that you need to parboil it before you fry and then stir them to get them fluffy around the edges. A reply from user Jakkunski mentioned: “You know that’s gonna be some tasty food when it’s just 50 shades of brown food.”
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French Toast with Bacon
Reddit user PhoenixOfAshes posted this picture of his French toast recipes featuring whipped cream, bacon, banana, apples and ketchup. Some of the users rejected the fact of ketchup being part of that dish, like junkit33 who expressed: “I’m having trouble deciding which item on this plate would be the least worst with ketchup on it, and I can’t decide.”
Almond-Crusted French Toast with Fresh Strawberries
Reddit user KungFuKhris commented that his plan was to make one of his French toast recipes, an almond-crusted, stuffed French toast, but the cream cheese stuffing didn’t want to cooperate, so he just improvised an alternate French toast with fresh strawberry layers. Some users like [borrado] mentioned that without the key ingredients of syrup and powdered sugar, that was just a fancy sandwich.
Blueberry Cobbler and Banana Bread French Toast Breakfast
Reddit user Sclerodermasucks17 revealed that one of his French toast recipes featured an over-easy, over-hard, sunny-side-up and omelette as he intended to do. He also mentioned that to get the bacon to not be greasy he cooked it first with the home fries, and then scattered it across the entire griddle.
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Eggnog French Toast
Reddit user NonerBoner commented that he had prepared an eggnog bread pudding before but that time he went for one of an eggnog French toast recipes. He also revealed the recipe: “3/4 cup of favorite eggnog, 1 egg, 1 tbsp of cinnamon, 1/2 tbsp of vanilla, a splash of rum and 4 slices of bread. You have to whisk the first five ingredients and then dip the bread into the mixture until well soaked in batter. Finally, fry them.”
Japanese Milk Bread French Toast
Reddit user sprinklesapple revealed that one of her French toast recipes was a Japanese milk one with raspberries, toasted almonds and vanilla bean ice cream. She also mentioned that the toast is hollowed out and filled with slightly sweetened whipped cream and macerated berries. Finally, she explained that it is a unique bread because it uses tangzhong, a paste that consists of warm water and flour that gives the bread a super soft and pillowy texture.
French Toast with Homemade Ingredients
Reddit user aminorman mentioned that one of his homemade French toast recipes is accompanied by lean, jowl bacon, chipolatas, that is a small thin type of sausage of minced pork, and sunny-side-up-eggs. He revealed the technique to get those eggs: “I flour sieve each one and hold each in its own bottom cup. Sieving removes the wispy but just like prepping poached eggs. I tried a fine and a coarse sieve that worked best.”
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Reddit user YorkShireMeows shared that this “Monte Cristo” sandwich is among his favorites French toast recipes, made of Monterey Jack cheese, deli smoked turkey, bacon, kewpie mayo inside. Outside, the French toast is dipped and dusted with powdered sugar. This user also mentioned that he didn’t know that Monte Cristo sandwich usually had a fruit jelly, and that next time he will try with apricot or raspberry.
Cinnamon Swirl French Toast
Reddit user F00dventures mentioned that among breakfast foods, French toast recipes are always her first choice: “I feel like if it’s between pancakes, waffles, and French toast, I’m going to pick French Toast. Unless it’s blueberry pancakes… that’s a tough one.” She also revealed that the cinnamon swirl was made by basically rolling it up like a big cinnamon roll and baking in a loaf pan.
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato French Toast
Reddit user mlong14 revealed that one of his French toast recipes included bacon, lettuce and oval tomatoes slices inside of it. Besides that, he poured some mayonnaise but he mentioned regretting doing so. He also remarked: “It was really savory. My next sandwich will be a ‘PBnBnB’, Peanut Butter, Bacon and Banana.”
Nutella Wrapped with Cinnamon French Toast
Reddit user MissSara13 revealed one of her favorite French toast recipes, for this Nutella wrapped with cinnamon French toast: “You’ll need 10 tsp of Nutella, 1 large egg, 1 1/2 tbsp of milk, 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp of cinnamon butter. To prepare them you have to slice the crusts of the bread, roll each slice with a rolling pin, spread each slice with a tbsp of Nutella, roll it tightly and seal with a Nutella dab. Finally, briefly dip the roll in the egg, milk and sugar mix, and place it in the hot skillet to fry it until golden.”
Challah French Toast
Reddit user homerpiko mentioned that Challah is a bread eaten by Jewish people mostly on Sabbath and on holidays, except for Passover which is celebrated in late March or April and a bread commonly used in French toast recipes. He also added: “It’s a great way to use French toast because of how thick it is and there was no brioche at the store next to my house. I used a cast-iron skillet and pastry brush, which did the job.”
Oreo French Toast
Reddit user Josh_Elkin mentioned that he made an Oreo French toast, one of the most indulgent French toast recipes. This combines the creamy vanilla frosting and chocolate cookie flavors and coats it on top of fluffy slices of freshly made French toast. A user reply from DrSanjizant commented: “Now I have an actual recipe to convince my family to buy two bags of Oreos this time, not just the singular.”
Maple Pepper Bacon on French Toast
Reddit user cloudberry14 expressed that this French toast recipes shows a maple-pepper bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, griddled in the bacon grease. She also mentioned: “Sometimes I forget how good bacon is, and then I have a BLT sandwich and I think ‘was bacon always that delicious?’ It’s so easy and tasty!”
Cinnamon Toast Crunch French Toast with Cheese Frosting
Reddit user Anomalous1436 commented that this Cinnamon Toast Crunch French toast with cream cheese frosting is one of the sweetest French toast recipes to get your blood sugar checked afterwards. He also revealed the steps to make it: “You make the French toast, dip it in egg batter and fry lightly. Coat it with Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. Pour some cream cheese frosting softened with 2 parts cream cheese and 1 part sour cream. And finally add more cereal on top and dust with cinnamon or Cinnadust.”
Conclusion
French toast recipes are very simple to prepare, whether you want it for breakfast or as a midday snack. As you can see, there is a wide range of ingredients you can add to create diverse flavors. Do you already have a favorite version, or how do you prepare it at home?
