Pumpkin Bread French Toast Sticks
Make breakfasts in Fall better with pumpkin bread French toast sticks! Pumpkin bread dipped in a spiced dredge then pan fried to perfection. Add a dusting of nutmeg for the best bite!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 14 French toast sticks
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Saute
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1 loaf of homemade or store bought pumpkin bread, sliced into sticks about 1 and 1/2″ wide
1 can evaporated milk (12 fluid ounce can)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter, divided (you’ll use 1 tablespoon at a time)
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon all spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
Nutmeg for dusting
Instructions
1. In a large bowl whisk the eggs with the flour. Next whisk in the evaporated milk, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, both sugars, and all spice.
2. In a large frying pan melt 1 tablespoon of the butter over medium heat. When the butter is melted, take as many French toast sticks that can fit in the pan and dredge them in the spiced milk mixture. You’ll only dip them for a few seconds, long enough for the bread to be coated in the mixture but not long enough for them to get too soggy. Place the stick face down in the pan and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Adjusting the heat between medium and medium-low so that the French toast sticks get nice a browned but not burned, rotate the sticks so they are standing straight-up and cook for 90 seconds, rotate again so they are now face-down on the opposite side and cook for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, and lastly rotate one final time so the sticks are cooking on the tops for 1 minutes. (Essentially all 4 sides of the stick needs some cooking time on the pan. Photos in post.)
4. Repeat until all French toast sticks are cooked, using the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter in the pan when needed.
5. To serve, sprinkle the sticks with a dusting of nutmeg then dip in maple syrup.
You can keep any of the cooked sticks warm in a 200 degree oven until you’re ready to serve them all!