I Lub You Breakfast

Laela loves to help me make breakfast.  One of our favorite things to do is break out the cookie cutters, and make fun shapes out of eggs, pancakes, and french toast.  Last Tuesday was Kyle's first morning back in America from his business trip, and since it was Valentine's Day and he wanted American food, I decided to make eggs in a basket with heart cookie cutters.  I used the heart cut-outs to make vanilla french toast. 

This is much easier than it looks.  The trick is toasting the bread before you use the cookie cutter!

I Lub You Eggs in a Basket

Serves 4, or 1 very hungry Daddy, and two moderately hungry gals.

You'll need:

• 4 large eggs
• 4 pieces of toasted whole wheat or multigrain bread (we are a white bread free home.)
• Butter or margarine
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cookie cutter of the shape of your choice.

Instructions:

• Toast the bread.
• Heat a large skillet to medium heat. 
• Spray it well with cooking spray.
• Use the cookie cutter to cut out a shape out of the center of the bread.
• Set the cutout aside.
• Spread butter on both sides of the bread that has the cut-out in it.
• Place it in the heated skillet.
• Crack your egg as closely to the pan as possible.
• Drop the egg (stay close to the pan so that you stay within the cut-out shape!) into the cut-out.
• Cook for about 1 1/2 minutes to 2 minutes per side.
• Serve!

Vanilla French Toast Cut-Outs

You'll need:

• The leftover cut-outs from the eggs in a basket
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup milk

Instructions:

• Whisk the egg, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and milk together in a medium bowl.
• Heat a medium sized skillet to medium heat.
• Spray well with cooking spray.
• Dip the cutouts in the mixture (Unless your bread is stale, don't soak the bread in it, or the cut-outs will fall apart.)
• Place the cut-outs in the skillet.  Cook for 2-3 minutes per side, depending on how crispy you want your toasts to be (I like mine really crispy, so I leave mine on longer, whereas Kyle likes his a bit soppy, so I only cook his for about 2 minutes per side.  Sometimes less if the pan got extra hot.)
• Serve with powdered sugar or maple syrup.

Enjoy!!

**This recipe can also be made with regular toast.  Just use 1 cup of milk and 4 slices of toast instead of 4 cutouts.