Every week, I get a bunch of recipe emails from various companies (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, etc.) and once or twice a month, I go through and choose a few new ones to try. The last time that I went through, about two weeks ago, I saw a slow cooker recipe for cinnamon roll French toast and it just sounded like a great idea for dinner one night! Of course, I forgot to plan for a protein outside of the egg in the French toast, so it had the potential to be a too light dinner, but nobody complained about being hungry before bed a few hours later, so my accidental omission didn't do too much meal damage.
I modified the ingredients and directions to show how we made it.
SLOW COOKER CINNAMON ROLL FRENCH TOAST
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 can (12.4 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
3 eggs
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Real maple syrup - I did not measure the syrup, I just eyeballed it
Directions
1. Using coconut oil, grease the insides of crock. Pour melted butter into slow cooker.
2. Separate can of dough into 8 rolls; set icing aside. Cut each roll into 8 pieces; place pieces over butter in slow cooker.
3. In medium bowl, beat eggs. Add whipping cream, cinnamon and vanilla; beat until well blended. Gently pour mixture over roll pieces. Drizzle with the syrup.
4. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 hours 30 minutes (or until set and temperature in center is 160°F).
5. Drizzle with reserved icing and a little more syrup.
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| PGS unwrapping the butter to melt it |
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| Cutting into 8 pieces and placing in crock (I did the cutting; PGS did the placing) |
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| Mixing the eggs, cream, cinnamon, vanilla and syrup |
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| Cook on LOW for 2.5 hours |
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| Ready to serve! |
While this was really tasty, it is pretty sugary and not that healthy, so it's not something that I'll make often, but as the occasional treat, I think it's wonderful!
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| I plated it with an apple cinnamon muffin because I was worried about it not being enough food. lol |
This is SUCH an amazing idea! Can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! These look so yummy!! I love the idea of doing something sweet and for breakfast in a slow cooker too! It would be a great treat one weekend!
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