Can we talk about my serious love for French toast?
I think it may just be one of my favorite breakfast/brunch foods. I mean what’s not to love? It’s soft, sweet, fluffy, buttery, eggy and well… completely delicious. Every year when Easter rolls around I just can’t seem to forgo including french toast on our Easter brunch menu… it’s such a favorite amongst everyone that it has become an Easter brunch tradition. I’m not going to lie, I am much more of an Easter brunch girl than Easter dinner. When given a choice between the two I always go for brunch. It’s much more fun, is always yummy and just so my thing. Plus, brunch makes me think SPRING!! Which, clearly I am all about these days. Bring on Spring, I am so ready!…how many times have you heard me say that in the last week. Sorry, but not really 🙂
Today I am sharing what I will be preparing for my Easter menu. Granted, other than creating the most epic brunch spread ever, I have no idea what else I will be doing for Easter. But hey, if all I do is eat french toast and drink mimosas, bellini’s or whatever, I am totally fine with that! Okay now, I just have to put it out there that this whipped cream cheese stuffed French toast with raspberries is my very favorite french toast recipe I have ever made… like ever. Meaning it’s number ONE on my french toast list. NO JOKE. I really do not even know how to convey my love for this light and fluffy, perfectly sweet, cream cheese stuffed french toast. It’s just that amazing.
The good news is that this recipe is also quite simple. You’ll need to start out with a really good challah or brioche bread. I used challah, but honestly I wanted to use brioche…my small town grocery store does not carry a loaf of brioche. Yes, this makes me very sad. Moving on though, once you have your bread the next most crucial item is the whipped cream cheese. This is EVERYTHING. Like never again will I make french toast without whipped cream cheese. It’s just SO good. Next, stuff the cream cheese inside the thick cut slices of bread and dip the bread into a milky, eggy mixture. Then just fry the toast in a skillet with lots of butter. YESSSS. Pretty simple, but SO outstanding. Hehe, I love french toast! My one little tip is to use really good cream cheese. I prefer Philadelphia Cream Cheese for its awesome flavor and creamy texture. It’s legit and definitely my go-to brand when buying cream cheese. For my toppings, I went with a lemon and lavender infused sugar and fresh raspberries. I like to toss my raspberries in with a bit of lemon sugar. Then I let them sit in the sugar for a few minutes to allow the raspberries to release their juices. The mix of raspberries and sugar together turns the raspberries into an almost instant raspberry sauce that’s perfect for topping french toast. For a bit of extra sweetness I did a little drizzle of honey… hey, it’s Easter! The sweeter the better, right??! Right! No but really, don’t you just wan’t to take a fork to that plate and start DEVOURING?!? If my mouth was not still so sore from getting my wisdom teeth pulled I would SO be making this again for lunch, like right now. FYI, I am SOOO over soft foods. Thinking I just can’t take any more yogurt. Like tonight it’s time for some real food. UGH. Wish me luck! Until then, I will just have to relive this French toast through these photos…
GIMMME…times two please.
