Cereal Crusted French Toast Sticks
Last year for Mother’s Day I wanted something special. Since we were stuck in quarantine, a la 2020, my choices were limited. There is a brunch place near us that does cereal crusted French toast and upon remembering that dish I wanted to recreate it at home. So, on Mother’s Day I make Cereal Crusted French Toast Sticks and thus a family tradition was born!
Look, this breakfast idea is super simple and drool worthy. Your entire family will love them! While it may look like a lot of steps it takes seconds. Soon you’ll be well on your way to crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside French Toast heaven!
Watch our recipe video as I walk you through this recipe OR follow the photos below!
Enjoy Friends!
Cereal Crusted French Toast Sticks
Start by slicing fluffy brioche bread into sticks. You typically get about three sticks per bread slice. Note, brioche bread is the best for French Toast!
In a shallow bowl whisk together 4 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract, and 1 tsp cinnamon. Whisk whisk whisk until everything comes together.
In another shallow bowl crush up 4 cups of cereal! I like to use frosted flakes but you can use; corn flakes, fruity pebbles, cinnamon toast crunch etc. I do like using my food processor to crush the cereal. Though if you don’t have one, put the cereal into a zip top bag and give it a good bang with a rolling pin. In the end you want the cereal to be a corse sand texture.
Warm a pan on medium heat and add about 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter to the pan. While the butter melts, dredge your bread sticks first in the egg mixture and then in the cereal.
Cook the coated French toast sticks for a few minutes on each side or until the cereal has turned a nice golden color. Play around with your heat while keeping it on the lower side, you want to cook these low and slow so the outside doesn’t burn before the egg coating has a chance to cook through.
I love sprinkling a bit of cinnamon and sugar right on top before serving for an added sugary crunch! Serve them warm and they are ready to be dunked into syrup!
