French toast in a muffin tin?
Who would have thought! Like all muffin tin recipes, this one requires no hands-on cooking. With just a few ingredients, you'll be able to transform everyone's favorite sweet breakfast dish into crispy, delicious single-serve French toast bites that you can enjoy on the go or plate up with a drizzle of warm maple syrup and fresh fruit.
Directions
- Grease 3 cups of a muffin tin (see notes).
- Combine all ingredients except bread in a medium-sized mixing bowl and whisk until well combined.
- Slice bread into 1" pieces, cutting each slice 4 x 4.
- Add bread to egg mixture and toss just until all pieces are coated and all the liquid is absorbed.
- Divide mixture between the 3 prepared muffin cups, using about 1/3 cup of mixture each, mounding them up over the top of the cups.
- Mix ingredients for cinnamon and sugar together, if using, and generously sprinkle some on top of each cup.
- Bake muffin cups at 375F for 22-25 minutes until very puffy with dark golden brown edges on the top pieces of bread.
- Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan (the muffins will deflate a bit which is normal).
- Loosen the sides of the cups from the pan with a dinner knife or spatula before carefully removing them. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with maple syrup and enjoy!
Nellie's Notes
If you'd like to make more than 3 cups, simply double (for 6), triple (for 9), or even quadruple (for 12) this recipe. For a full muffin tin (12 cups total), one standard sandwich loaf of bread (14 slices not including the ends for the brand we used) is the perfect amount of bread.
