Over the holidays, my neighbor, Linda, shared with me that every Christmas Eve she cooks a big breakfast for her family. One of the favorite menu items that she makes every year is a banana bread french toast. First of all, those are two of my favorite things: banana bread and french toast. To find out that she had combined these two items was inspiring to say the least.
Now I normally prefer to come up with my own recipes or work from a basic recipe when trying new things, but as far as baking my own banana bread for a french toast, I figured I could cut some corners. Fortunately, Betty Crocker sells a banana bread box mix that was on sale last week. Unfortunately, I did not read the box recipe until I was home - it calls for mashed banana, and that's something I don't keep on hand.
Well I finally got my banana, and I baked the banana bread following the directions on the box yesterday.
This morning I sliced it up and made it into French Toast. It wasn't as firm as I would have hoped, but the taste was phenomenal. Now for those Disney fans that have tried Tonga Toast over at the Polynesian, don't get your hopes up - this was no where near as good as that brick of delicious, cinnamon-sugar covered gold. But it is something that I would definitely make again, especially if I was entertaining for breakfast. I think the combination of a baked quick bread and a breakfast staple elevates both components nicely. Plus I'm sure a sprinkling of powdered sugar would make it look much classier than how I enjoyed it this morning…
