Simple, easy & cheap do-it-yourself recipe

I really like this Pink Velvet French Toast as a result of it’s festive sufficient for the vacations however easy sufficient to make on tenting journeys. The brioche bread has the proper taste and texture to make a chic French toast with out requiring quite a lot of work.

That is one in all my favourite tenting breakfast concepts for particular events as a result of I can simply lower the bread into enjoyable shapes. I like making:

• Hearts for Valentines Day, anniversaries and birthdays
• Stars for patriotic holidays like Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and Veterans Day
• Christmas timber for Christmas

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Key Components & Substitutions

• Brioche bread
• Pure vanilla extract
• Buttermilk

Key Tools

• Forged iron griddle or skillet
• Giant shallow bowl

Step 1. Put together your components, warmth supply and gear as directed. In case you are chopping the bread into cute shapes, do the entire chopping first.

For this recipe, you’ll use brioche bread. When you purchase it pre-sliced, you’ll simply want to chop the slices in half on the diagonal (such as you lower a sandwich into two triangles). Or, you’ll be able to lower the slices into enjoyable shapes. Simply use a pointy knife to chop free-form shapes, like we did with our hearts. Alternatively, you should use a cookie cutter. Simply make certain the designs should not too intricate, small items most likely gained’t survive the dipping, cooking and flipping processes.

Step 2. Make the icing. Mix the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk in a medium bowl. Then set icing apart when you make the French toast.

• Powdered sugar is also referred to as confectioner’s sugar or icing sugar.

Knowledgeable Tip

Camp Cooking Tip: Some individuals like to make use of 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste however that’s not at all times straightforward to search out and could be fairly costly so I want to make use of pure vanilla extract as a result of it’s available and inexpensive.

Knowledgeable Tip

Camp Cooking Tip: The icing could be made a number of days prematurely and stored in a fridge or cooler till you might be able to serve. When you do that, take it out of the fridge about an hour earlier than you begin cooking and permit it to get to room temperature so it drizzles properly and isn’t too chilly on the recent French toast.

Step 4. Put together the egg wash. You will beat the eggs in a big shallow bowl, then mix within the buttermilk, cinnamon, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and pink meals colouring.

Knowledgeable Tip

Camp Cooking Tip: When you don’t need to carry buttermilk to the campsite for one recipe, you don’t should. Simply measure out a cup of normal milk, then, add 1 tablespoon vinegar put aside for about 5 minutes. Let it type into little lumps, the chemical course of is known as curdling, and use within the recipe as an alternative to buttermilk.

Step 5. Put together the griddle. Liberally coat the cooking floor with butter and let it soften.

Step 6. Dip the bread slices. Dip bread slices into egg combination ensuring it’s fully saturated, then, flip to coat second facet. Thicker bread should soak longer than thinner bread. Saturate either side of the bread, this will likely take as much as 5 minutes. Let the surplus drip off earlier than putting it on the recent griddle.

Knowledgeable Tip

Camp Cooking Tip: Watch out to not tear the bread as you might be dealing with it after it will get dipped into the egg combination, particularly in the event you lower the bread into delicate shapes, like hearts and stars.

Step 7. Cook dinner until golden. You will fry the egg-dipped bread halves within the sizzling butter till it’s “sort-of golden brown” … due to the pink meals coloring and cocoa powder, the colour of the cooked French toast could have a barely charred, black-ish colour quite than a golden brown colour. Flip to toast second facet, complete cooking time can be about 3 minutes per facet.

Knowledgeable Tip

Camp Cooking Tip: Relying on the scale of your griddle or skillet, you need to be capable to cook dinner 6-8 bread slices on the similar time. If it is advisable to work in batches, set the cooked items on a heat plate and canopy to maintain heat till serving.

Step 8. Lay toast halves on plate, drizzle with icing and mud with powdered sugar. High with berries, if desired. I both use 8 strawberries sliced and fanned or 16 recent raspberries. The colour of the pink fruit enhances the pink colour within the French toast.

Cream cheese frosting stuffing: Unfold cream cheese frosting on one piece of French toast and high with a second piece, making a sandwich. You should utilize store-bought frosting or create your personal by beating collectively:

• 4 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar

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That is one in all my favourite methods to make French toast as a result of it’s baked like a casserole so all the meal is able to serve and the entire household can sit down and eat collectively quite than cooking particular person servings to order. Making one large batch of French toast is straightforward with this Dutch Oven French Toast that options winter spices together with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and it additionally features a candy powdered sugar glaze.

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This recipe serves 4, and, it’s straightforward to scale up or down. Simply change the variety of servings within the recipe card to change the portions to satisfy your wants.

• In case you are cooking for a big group you might need to begin a little bit early and work in batches. Hold the cooked slices heat on a platter or sheet pan and canopy loosely with aluminum foil.

Watch How To Make It

Recipe

Cream Cheese Icing Components, (see * Observe)

• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 2 (oz) cream cheese softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk

Pink Velvet French Toast Components

• 4 giant eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk (see ** Observe)
• 1/2 teaspoon floor cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon pink meals coloring
• 8 (1 inch thick) slices of brioche bread lower in half on the diagonal (see *** Observe)
• 2 tablespoons butter or as wanted

For garnish, if desired

• 1 teaspoon powdered sugar for dusting
• 8 strawberries sliced and fanned

• By hand, combine the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk in a medium bowl. Put aside when you make the French toast.

• Warmth giant forged iron griddle over low-medium warmth utilizing campfire coals. Alternatively, you should use a big nonstick pan/skillet with a camp range, standard range or RV range. (see **** Observe)

• In a big shallow bowl, beat the eggs. Then whisk within the buttermilk, cinnamon, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and meals coloring ensuring the custard is totally mixed.

• Soften sufficient butter on the forged iron griddle or skillet to liberally coat the floor.

• Dip bread slices into egg combination ensuring it’s fully saturated, then, flip to coat second facet. Can take as much as 5 minutes for egg combination to seep into thick bread. Let the surplus drip off earlier than putting it on the recent griddle.

• Working in batches, if mandatory, fry the egg-dipped bread halves within the sizzling butter till it’s golden brown, then flip to toast second facet, about 3 minutes per facet. (see ***** Observe)

• Lay toast halves on plate and drizzle with icing and mud with powdered sugar. High with berries, if desired.

*NOTE: In case your tenting crowd likes quite a lot of frosting, make a double batch of it. **NOTE: When you don’t have buttermilk you’ll be able to simply add a tablespoon of vinegar to 1 cup milk, let it set for about 5 minutes then proceed with the recipe. ***NOTE: Minimize slices in half on the diagonal (such as you lower a sandwich so you find yourself with 16 triangles of bread) or another festive form. ****NOTE: Use the “hand take a look at”: maintain the palm of your hand about 5 inches above the warmth supply, pull it away earlier than it hurts, 7 seconds = low-medium warmth. *****NOTE: Relying on the scale of your griddle or skillet, you need to be capable to cook dinner 6-8 bread slices on the similar time. Put aside the completed items on a warmed plate, cowl with foil to maintain heat when you cook dinner the remaining slices.  

Serving: 4g | Energy: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 10g | Fats: 19g | Saturated Fats: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 2g | Monounsaturated Fats: 5g | Trans Fats: 0.5g | Ldl cholesterol: 228mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 246mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 758IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 1mg