I don’t have many opportunities to have a breakfast with my family.  As you can imagine, weekends are very important to me.  I’ve tried to make weekend breakfast a family tradition.  There’s only so many time you can make pancakes and scrambled eggs.  This particular morning, I opened my pantry and decided that I would make French Toast.  I wasn’t about to serve just any old soggy pieces of bread drenched in syrup.  I wanted to find a way to have french toast with a crunch that wasn’t caused by burning the bread to a crisp.  There it was right before my very eyes, Panko Bread crumbs.  The cure-all for any crunch cravings.  This Saturday morning’s experiment turned out to be a huge hit with my family. I hope you enjoy.

Ingredients

1 loaf of French or Italian Bread (Sliced into thick pieces about 1.5″)

1 carton of Blueberries

1 bottle of Maple syrup (the real stuff)

1 tsp. of cinnamon

1 tsp. of vanilla

1 tsp. of  salt (optional)

1 pkg. of Panko bread crumb

2 tablespoons of whole milk

6 eggs

butter (for pan and french toast)

powdered sugar (optional)

Instructions

I make breakfast every Saturday and Sunday morning for my family.  This turned out to be a huge hit.

For the Blueberry Syrup

Pour the syrup into a saucepan and add the blueberries. Heat on Medium until the blueberries begin to burst and allow to cool till it’s warm.  There’s nothing better than warm syrup.

For the French Toast

Heat the oven to 300 degrees. This is to keep the french toast warm while your making all of the slices.  You’ll need two wide bowls.  In one of bowls, combine and beat the eggs, milk, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon until evenly distributed.  Don’t over beat the eggs.  In the other empty bowl, pour in the panko crumbs.  Heat a frying pan on Medium-high and melt a tsp. of butter.  Now dip a slice of bread in the egg mixture (each side), then dip it into the panko crumb bowl.  Place the slice in the pan. Once the slice is golden brown on one-side, flip-it and cook the other side.  Repeat this entire process starting from adding the butter until all of your slices are cooked. Once each piece is cooked,  place it on a pan and keep in the oven until you’re done.  This is a pretty quick process so you’re cooking time should be around 15 minutes the most.

Time to Eat.

Cover your toast in blueberry syrup.  Feel free to add a pat of butter and/ or dust each slice with powdered sugar.  This is not a low-cal breakfast but it is tasty and worth it…Liz

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