Oatmeal raisin cookies are the reason I have trust issues.
This is a saying that I’ve seen floating around the interwebs for a few years now and I completely relate.
I really really dislike raisins.
Growing up, my mom would buy cinnamon raisin bread. Not just plain cinnamon bread. Cinnamon raisin bread. And it made me want to hurl slash hug my plain whole wheat loaf a little bit tighter every morning.
Well, now that I’m an adult and make my own choices {mwahahaha} I buy cinnamon bread. Not to be confused with cinnamon raisin devil bread.
If you can’t tell, raisins clearly made a bad impression on me as a child.
Anyways, I was just fooling around in my kitchen earlier in the week {as one food blogger does} and I decided to make some cinnamon roll french toast waffles!
Why? Because they cook faster and taste so much better in the waffle iron.
*This could have to do with the fact that I brush on ridiculous amounts of melted butter to create a golden, buttery crust.
**Orrr, it could have to do with the fact that I cover these waffles with homemade icing.
***Orrr, it could have to do with the fact that I’m using cinnamon bread {with no raisins-!!!}
Moral of the story, these are good. Really good. And start to finish are ready to eat in 15 minutes; completely gone by 20.
Here’s how to make them:
Start out with some cinnamon bread…not to be confused with cinnamon raisin bread. GROSS.
In a shallow bowl, stir together eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon.
Like so!
Dip cinnamon bread piece by piece into the egg mixture and place onto well buttered, hot waffle iron.
Close and cook until golden brown.
Top with a little icing {and maybe a little extra butter} and that’s it! A super yummy and buttery breakfast for any weekday morning.
Have a great day, friends!
Cinnamon Roll French Toast Waffles
Ingredients
- 8 slices cinnamon bread such as cinnabon
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- melted butterfor the icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 small splash milk to get it to the consistency you like
Instructions
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Preheat waffle maker.
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In a shallow dish, whisk eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon together until combined. Dip cinnamon bread into egg mixture to coat. Brush hot waffle iron with plenty of melted butter and place egg coated cinnamon bread on. Close iron and cook according to directions OR until bread is cooked completely and browned.
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While french toast is cooking, mix powdered sugar, vanilla and milk together to create glaze. Add as much milk as desired to get the consistency you like.
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Once french toast is done cooking, drizzle with glaze and serve warm. Feel free to melt extra butter on top as well.
Stefanie - Sarcastic Cooking says
October 14, 2015 at 11:13 amOh man. I like a few raisins but sometimes there are just way too many raisins in cookies, bread, or Raisin Bran. That’s a horrible misfortune thinking raisins are chocolate chips hahahah. I love this French toast waffle idea!
Happy Valley Chow says
October 14, 2015 at 5:26 pm*drool* uhhh those look amazing…I want them for breakfast! Great job 🙂
MN Mom says
October 15, 2015 at 5:51 amI’m with you on the cinnamon raisin bread…GROSS! 🙂 Looking forward to trying this recipe…it looks awesome!
Jan says
October 15, 2015 at 6:50 amPure genius!
Leanna says
October 15, 2015 at 4:19 pmI’m with you I hate raisins! I can spot them a mile away, I really hate when they hide in cookies.
Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade says
October 16, 2015 at 5:27 amI am with you sister! I had second thoughts about marrying my husband when he asked me to put raisins in my oatmeal cookies!
Phyllis Shaw says
October 16, 2015 at 10:11 amI like to try different stuff to make…
Patty K says
October 21, 2015 at 7:35 amLove this idea! No dough batter to mess around with either!
Beth Cook says
December 19, 2016 at 2:01 pmI may make these for Christmas morning! Perfect!
Nicole says
December 20, 2016 at 11:59 amOh my land! This looks like my type of breakfast for sure. Christmas morning this year, for sure. Thanks for this!
San says
April 9, 2018 at 11:46 amWould this work if I made a bread and added cinnamon and sugar . Or if I used normal bread instead?
Adele says
April 10, 2018 at 9:39 amHello, should you add more cinnamon if you’re not using cinnamon bread or will it not matter? Thanks!