Description
Churro French Toast is a delicious fusion of traditional French toast and churro flavors, featuring a cream cheese glaze and a cinnamon sugar coating.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon good honey
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large loaf challah, sliced into 1/2-inch thick slices
- Unsalted butter
- Vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 250°F.
- Make the glaze: In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to beat all the glaze ingredients together until smooth. Remove to a zip top bag and set aside.
- Make the cinnamon sugar: In a wide shallow bowl, combine all the cinnamon sugar ingredients.
- Make the French toast: In a large shallow bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, orange zest, vanilla, honey, and salt. Soak as many slices in the egg mixture as possible for 5 minutes, turning once.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 tablespoon of oil in a very large sauté pan or griddle over medium heat. Add the soaked bread and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until well browned.
- Remove the French toast from the pan and immediately dip in the cinnamon sugar, turning to coat completely. Remove to a sheet pan and keep it warm in the oven until ready to serve. Fry the remaining soaked bread slices, adding butter and oil as needed, until it’s all cooked.
- Remove the warm French toast slices to plates. Snip a small hole in the corner of the zip top bag filled with the cream cheese glaze. Drizzle over the French toast and serve immediately.
Notes
- For a richer flavor, use whole milk instead of low-fat milk.
- Ensure the cream cheese is at room temperature for easy mixing.
- Feel free to add other spices to the cinnamon sugar, such as nutmeg.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking and Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 120mg