Sunday, August 21, 2011

Baked French Toast Minis with Strawberries

This weekend for my regular Sunday morning french toast breakfast, I tried baked french toast with chopped strawberries. These were cute little bakes which were colorful and elegant at the same time. Perfect for breakfast these can also be served as a party dessert. You should definitely use old bread since fresh bread would become mushy. Also check out my other french toast recipes, Blackberry French Toast and French Toast with Stuffed Walnuts.
Ingredients:
Preparation time: 10 mins; Setting time: 4 - 8 hrs; 
Serves - 2; Yields 8 muffins;
French bread - stale - 7 or 8 oz - cubed
Eggs - 2
Milk - 1.5 cups
Light brown sugar - 2 tbsp (can use white sugar as well)
Ground Cinnamon - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla - 1/2 tsp
Strawberries - 5 or 6 - chopped
White Sugar - 1 tsp
Method:
Grease the muffin cups with butter or oil. Chop the strawberries into small pieces and add some white sugar. Allow it to macerate for about 10 mins. Meanwhile drop 3 or 4 cubes of the bread to each muffin cups. Whisk the eggs until frothy. Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and milk. Add the milk mixture to eggs. Pour the egg mixture to each cup until full. Spoon the strawberries on the top. Cover with an aluminium foil and pop it in the fridge overnight or for a minimum of 4 hrs. Bake for 20 - 25 mins in an oven preheated to 350 F/175 C. Cool for a couple of minutes and then scoop out carefully. Serve hot topped with sugar or maple syrup and fresh fruits.
Note: Before baking you could top the strawberries with a mixture of cinnamon and brown sugar for a caramelized topping. The toast will be puffy just out of the oven but eventually flattens down.

Sending these to Let's Cook - Scrumptious Breakfasts event by Radhika and to Anu's Strawberries - Dessert event.


Sending this to Srivalli's Kid's Delight hosted by Nupur of UK-Rasoi, for the month of April 2012.

38 comments:

  1. Looks very tempting and yummy like mini bread pudding :) Gr8 idea !

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  2. Delightful krithi - the mini french toasts with luscious strawberries has my attention !

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  3. French toast looks yummy and delicious. Woderful preparation.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  4. wow awesome idea...of french toast with strawberries...love the idea!

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  5. Hey if you want you can send this to my Berries - Strawberries event for this month....breakfast can be served for dessert too! :-)

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  6. wow delicious toast,luks yummy with strawberries...

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  7. Wow this sounds very interesting..looks tempting n yumm

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  8. Looks so colorful and delicious.. super perfect :)
    Indian Cuisine

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  9. That is quite an interesting way to have breakfast .. fancy .. quick and neat!
    www.sunshineandsmile.com

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  10. Tempting & innovative!!!! Ideal as a quick dessert too, a quick version of the fruit tarts :)
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  11. Wow..wonderful idea..so yummy and delicious

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  12. Looks so colorful and delicious.. super perfect :)

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  13. Interesting and yum ..that's really cute

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  14. Love this oroginal was of eating your strawberries.
    Rita

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  15. Learnt a new version of french toast. Looks so yummy with strawbery.

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  16. I would love these for breakfast tomorrow morning! Your recipes are fabulous, I'm following you from Rome. I'm Sicilian and my husband is Japanese, I cook a lot of Japanese food (and some Indian because we lived in New Delhi for 5 years). It's very hot here in Rome at the moment, so we're having lots of gelato and granitas. Come on over and try some:)

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  17. looks tempting and delicious.

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  18. they look so cute and colourful, what an excellent idea..

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  19. Wow, this is a great idea. Can't wait to try!!

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  20. Very innovative and an excellent idea Krithi. Thanks for linking it to the event.

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  21. They looks damn pretty and gorgeous, super irresistble mini toasts.

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  22. What a lovely way to start a sunday:) They look scrumptious! FFX

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  23. Like ur colorful pics on healthy breaktoast...i am tempted to try one from ur plate..

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  24. Mini toasts looks so cute. Kids will just grab them for sure. Wonderful Kriti!

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  25. oh these looks so gorgeous it will be such a beautiful day to start with these colourful breakfast!

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  26. what a colorful way to start the day..yummy and healthy

    Sukanya
    hosting Monsoon Medley at my space

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  27. Wow.. great idea. Looks very delicious and tempting with beautiful clicks.

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  28. Great idea Krithi..Looks colourful and appealing

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  29. Love the idea of baked French toast. Love the colorful picture.

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  30. Great idea krithi, looks delightful, kids love french toast and strawberries :) great combo

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  31. Oooh! so yummy!!


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