Bailey's Irish Cream French Toast (Frugal Food Thursday)

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bailey's Irish Cream French Toast (Frugal Food Thursday)

I bake homemade challah every Friday morning. We eat it at dinner along side the Shabbat meal, and then for breakfast the next day, slathered in cream cheese. Sometimes we eat it all, but often a small amount is left.

Rather than throw out homemade bread, I put the extra bread in the freezer. After several weeks, when I have enough leftover bread, I make French toast for dinner one Saturday night.

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to do just that. Looking in the fridge, I noticed that I still had a little bit of Bailey's Irish Cream coffee creamer that Publix had paid me to take out of the store several weeks earlier. So I decided to incorporate the coffee creamer into the French toast. It gave ordinary French toast a delicious flavor!

Here's the recipe:

BAILEY'S IRISH CREAM FRENCH TOAST

l loaf challah or French bread (or equivalent amount of bread leftovers)
1/2 cup dry milk
1 cup water
1 cup Bailey's Irish Cream coffee creamer
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilladash of salt
butter for frying

Remove the ends of the bread and cut crosswise into 1-inch slices.

Arrange bread slices in a single layer in 2 9x13 baking pans. Beat remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour over bread. Wait 10-15 minutes for the bread to soak up the liquid

Heat butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add 4-5 bread slices. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until the bottom is starting to brown. Flip bread over and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove to a tray. Keep slices warm by putting the tray in the oven on low heat.

Continue until all the bread slices have been cooked, adding more butter if necessary.

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18 comments:

Tamar, January 17, 2013 at 7:49 PM: yum yum, good shabbos! :)
Miz Helen, January 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM: Your French Toast looks delicious. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing your awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Diane Balch, January 19, 2013 at 5:46 PM: I love it what a cool use for Bailey's. Thanks for sharing your french toast on foodie friday.
The Busy Kitchen Mum, January 19, 2013 at 5:57 PM: OMG I love baileys, how can I not have ever thought to have used it in french toast. Brilliant idea!
Katherines Corner, January 20, 2013 at 6:09 PM: oh my that is terrific! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop xo
Amy Powell, January 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM: oh goodness that just sounds amazing! my husband works at a bakery that serves challah once a week, and I LOVE making french toast with that stuff the next morning.

now I have a new type of french toast to try :)

xoxo, Amy @ Interpret As You May

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Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more, January 22, 2013 at 1:56 PM: oh yummy!
Carolina HeartStrings, January 23, 2013 at 6:30 AM: Holy Yum. Enough said.
Ellen, January 23, 2013 at 9:39 AM: This sounds really good. I love homemade bread in French toast.
Nicki, January 23, 2013 at 11:34 AM: That sounds so yummy and delicious. Thanks for sharing. I am pinning it now.
Turnips 2 Tangerines, January 23, 2013 at 1:17 PM: Wonderful!! This sounds wonderful!!
BrettBMartin, January 23, 2013 at 1:35 PM: This looks delish! I love making french toast with Challah. I found you on CoaOM Weds. Linky :)
April @ The 21st Century Housewife, January 24, 2013 at 5:43 AM: Your French Toast sounds lovely. I really like the idea of using the Bailey's. I might even be really decadent and use the actual liqueur as I have some leftover from Christmas :) Thank you for sharing such a great idea with The Gallery of Favorites!
Unknown, March 1, 2013 at 5:43 AM: must try this
Sandra VanHoey, January 2, 2014 at 4:02 AM: I make french toast often for the kids and have to try this one. I use the Bailey's in my coffee a lot so we always have it on hand. Thanks for sharing this recipe, looks fabulous
Jasmine P, January 3, 2014 at 2:01 PM: Wow, this looks so yummy! I'm going to have to make this for breakfast for the hubby!
Edna Williams, January 19, 2014 at 4:06 PM: This looks brilliant! Thank you for sharing this.
rebeccabasset, January 20, 2014 at 1:16 AM: Ohhh this sounds amazing! I have never thought of doing something like this, but I will give it a try.

Thanks for the Post, Picture's and the Recipe! I cannot wait to try!