The other day Recipe Girl posted a recipe for eggnog french toast. I immediately decided that I was making it that night for dinner. Then I decided to take the whole eggnog thing a bit further and try to create an eggnog syrup. I figured it was worth a try. I think it turned out fabulous. I must admit, I was the only one willing to give the syrup a try. I think it was yummy. I also think it would work great on regular french toast too. It just gives you a little taste of a classic holiday flavor. I didn’t even try the french toast with maple syrup because I loved the eggnog syrup that much. I kept telling my family that they were missing out. No one believed me. Hopefully some of you will believe me. The french toast itself was also tasty. I figured it’s not too far fetched to make french toast with eggnog. I mean we’re talking milk and eggs people. Why wouldn’t it work.
I must say that I am very picky about not having the inside of my french toast mushy. So I am always very careful to not over dip my bread. I had to be very careful with the dipping. There was a piece I had that was leaning a little on the mush side, but not mushy enough I couldn’t eat it. I did however use fresh Texas toast from the store. So if you don’t like your french toast mushy on the inside be careful with the dipping or use some good dry bread. Nobody had any problems eating the french toast here, even with it containing eggnog, but they so missed out on the syrup.
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Eggnog French Toast
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup store-bought egg nog
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice (or ¼ tsp. cinnamon + ¼ tsp. nutmeg)
- 12 slices bread
- butter
1. Whisk together eggs, eggnog, vanilla and spices.
2. Preheat griddle. Dip bread in egg mixture, allowing it to soak in slightly. Butter the hot griddle and place soaked bread on griddle. Cook on each side until golden brown. Serve with butter and powdered sugar and/or regular syrup or my favorite eggnog syrup.
Servings: 6
Eggnog Syrup
- ½ Cup Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar
- ¾ Cup store-bought eggnog
- Melt butter in a medium sized sauce pan over medium-low heat.
- Mix in sugar until well combined, then mix in the eggnog and bring heat up to medium-high heat.
- Wisk continually until mixture comes to a boil, remove from heat.
- Serve warm over french toast and ENJOY!
Very tasty looks, will make compulsory
Wow! This looks delicious!! Thanks for the recipe. I also featured it on my blog: http://vixenmade.blogspot.com/2011/12/festive-eggnog-recipe-roundup.html
Featured this in my Food Trends article today, looks delicious! http://www.mrfoodblog.com/food-trend-eggnog-eggnog-everywhere/
My hubby loves egg nog and I don’t. I made this for him and we both loved it. Thanks. BTW- I thought the syrup was great too.
OMG! Yumm-o! I have had eggnog french toast before so this recipe wasnt anything different. What was different was the syrup!! I love eggnog and anything eggnog flavored but even I thought that this may contain too much eggnog. Boy was I wrong! Since the french toast only has a slight eggnog flavor, the syrup was a welcomed addition. I will never have french toast without it again. I love it! Two thumbs up!
this recipe was so yummy, especially the syrup! i was afraid doing the eggnog french toast with the eggnog syrup was going to be eggnog overload, but it wasn’t. the french toast just had a slight eggnog taste to it, and the syrup was heavenly! ( i did use light eggnog) thanks for the recipe, it was delicious!
That looks delicious! I just bought some Eggnog from Trader Joes, but have yet to open it. I think this recipe could be a worthy occasion.
I was so excited to see this recipe! We made this for breakfast this weekend and LOVED IT!!! Even my 2 picky eaters ate it (with the eggnog syrup) We loved the syrup. I cut the recipe syrup in half. My husband thought the syrup really made it great. Thank You!!
Made these for breakfast Saturday and they were great. Even my toddler had two full pieces, that is alot for him. I was not brave enough to try the syrup though…