I could’ve just opened a few tubes of cinnamon rolls and baked them for my wife to take into the office to treat her co-workers. But that’s just not me. Nothing wrong with a tube of cinnamon rolls (as I’m about to prove). They just need a little help to be even more awesome and this cinnamon French toast bake is definitely more awesome. Fluffy rolls in a cinnamon, egg, maple, French toast batter, covered with chopped pecans, syrup and icing. It’s enough to make the other cinnamon rolls sitting in tubes jealous.
This is a very simple recipe. Nothing complicated is going on here. But the results look like you really worked hard at them. It’s the kind of thing that looks like you got up at 5am to make in time to bring in to work. But you didn’t.
This Isn’t The Diet Version
There’s nothing I would change about this recipe. Sure this cinnamon French toast bake isn’t light. It’s not low on calories. But it’s mighty good. And since the rolls are cut into small pieces before you bake them you can easily cut and serve smaller portions. If you want to, that is.
I use pecans from my dad’s nut trees when I make this recipe and any other that calls for pecans. Sorry, I don’t share since they are very near and dear to me. You’ll have to settle for store-bought pecans (unless you know someone with pecan trees too)!
- One 16 ounce bag of Pecan Halves
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Not That
If you happen to have ‘that’ maple syrup on-hand, don’t use it. That’s the one made with high-fructose corn syrup. This isn’t the time for that stuff. Grab a bottle of the real thing. It’s magical. Maple syrup’s flavor, color and consistency just cannot be matched by anything else. So splurge and get the best!
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Also try my brioche French toast.
Cinnamon French Toast Bake
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 2 tubes cinnamon rolls with icing
- 6 eggs
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 1 ½ cup maple syrup divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Pour melted butter into a 13″ x 9″ baking dish.
- Open both cans of rolls. Separate the rolls and cut each into four pieces. Place pieces into the baking dish.
- Beat the eggs in a medium bowl. Whisk in the cream, cinnamon and vanilla. Pour over the tops of the cinnamon rolls.
- Sprinkle nuts over tops of rolls and drizzle with 1 cup of the syrup.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 15 minutes.
- Drizzle remaining syrup over rolls.
- Microwave the icing containers on half power for 10-15 seconds. Drizzle over rolls.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
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