GOOD Baked French Toast

I think my friend, Erin Fonnesbeck, gave me this recipe. I usually find that when I make baked french toast recipes they turn out a little soggy so I usually don't like them. This one I thought was really good. I changed it a little.

Armstrong Mansion Baked French Toast
½ loaf French bread (I used the whole loaf)
8 oz cream cheese
10 eggs ( I used only 8 eggs)
1 ½ cups half and half
¼ cup maple syrup
8 tsp butter

I also added 2 tsp vanilla and sprinkled in some cinnamon too.

Cube bread and layer half in a 9x13 pan. Cut cream cheese in slices and layer on top of bread. Cover with remaining bread.
In a bowl mix eggs, half and half, syrup and melted butter. Pour over bread press down so bread absorbs egg mixture. Refrigerate over night. Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.

Apple Pancakes

When Riley was little he would wake me up by coming in my room, putting his face inches in front of mine and saying, "Mom, the suns up! I got a good idea. How 'bout we make apple pancakes." This is how he woke me up a lot when he was about 3. He use to get up really early (before the sun) so I started telling him to stay in bed until the sun came up. The good little kid that he is, he would stay in his room until the sun was up and then come let me know. He loved these pancakes. I made them for him this morning for breakfast but told him he had to say the line first. He did.

1 apple peeled and diced
1/2 cube butter

2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 flour

1/3 cup sugar
cinnamon

Heat oven to 350.

In an oven safe large skillet melt butter on stove top and cook the apple pieces until they start to brown. Mix eggs, milk and flour together and then pour over the apples.

Remove from heat and sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon on top.

Place the skillet in the oven and cook for 20 minutes.

If you're not sure if your skillet is oven safe you can use a 9x13 pan after cooking the apples.

Skinny pancakes

This recipe would be the first choice of all living in my house for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They are kind of plain but Kevin and the kids love them. Really they are crepes but my kids call them skinny pancakes.

2 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp melted butter

Mix wet ingredients first.

1 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp salt

Add in dry ingredients and whisk until smooth

Heat a 8-10 inch skillet (with slanted sides if you have it) on medium low heat.

When heated spray with cooking spray. Pour 1/4 - 1/3 cup batter into pan while rotating pan in circles to spread batter over the bottom of the pan. Cook for about 2 minutes and then flip for 2 more minutes. You don't want it to turn brown or it will be too stiff to roll.

After cooking you can add anything you want but the favorite at our house is just butter and powdered sugar.

I like raspberry yogurt and fresh raspberries or bananas with some chocolate syrup.

I got this recipe from my SIL( sis in law) Sherri King