These French Toast Roll Ups are a fun twist on traditional French Toast. Fill them with your favorite spreads and make them different every time!
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Breakfast at my house during the week usually consists of easy banana muffins and overnight oats, but the weekends are almost always reserved for something more special – not difficult, just something more exciting, like French Toast.
I have many iterations on French Toast, including French Toast Sticks, French Toast Casserole, and these French Toast Roll Ups. The innards are all gooey and the outside is slightly crunchy. Which basically makes them dessert. No wonder they’re so good! I love breakfast food. And I love FUN breakfast food even more!
Helpful Tips & Possible Variations
- Bread. Choose a soft white sandwich bread, which will make rolling them flat easy.
- Filling. Some great filling options are Nutella, Cookie butter, peanut butter, jam, or lemon curd.
- Topping. Or don’t fill them at all – just drizzle with maple syrup. You can also drizzle them with caramel sauce or chocolate sauce for a super indulgent treat!
French Toast Roll Ups
Ingredients
- 8 slices soft white sandwich bread
- 3 tablespoons Nutella (see more filling options below)
- 2 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter , for greasing the pan
- maple syrup , for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Trim the crust from the bread.
- Flatten each slice of bread out with a rolling pin.
- Place a heaping teaspoon of your filling in the middle of the bread and spread it out in an even layer, leaving a 1/2-inch border all around.
- Roll the bread up and repeat with the remaining slices.
- In a shallow bowl thoroughly whisk the eggs and milk together. In another shallow bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon together.
- Warm a griddle (or large sauté pan) over medium heat. Once hot, melt 1 tablespoon butter.
- Coat the rolls with the egg mixture and place seam side down on the griddle. Cook for about 1-2 minutes per side, until golden brown. Add more butter to the griddle as needed for the second batch.
- Place the hot rolls into the cinnamon-sugar and roll until completely covered, gently shaking off any excess.
- Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup, if desired.
Notes
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Serving Suggestions
We love to dip these French toast roll ups into maple syrup, though you can cut them into pieces like traditional French toast and drizzle with maple syrup instead. But we definitely love eating these as finger food. You could also dust them with powdered sugar. For a more complete meal, they pair well with scrambled eggs, a side of breakfast sausage, and a simple fruit salad.
Proper Storage
These are best served right away while the outside is crisp and the filling is gooey, but you can store leftovers if needed.
- Fridge. Store any leftovers (without any maple syrup) in an airtight container or wrapped tightly with foil in the fridge for 2-3 days.
- Freeze. Let cool completely, then freeze them in an individual layer on a baking sheet. Once frozen and solid, transfer to a freezer bag or container. They’re keep for a couple months.
- Reheat. You can reheat your French toast roll ups directly from frozen. In the oven, bake them at 425F for about 3 minutes on each side or reheat them on a griddle for 3 minutes on each side as well. You can also microwave them for about 1 minute. In the air fryer, 5 minutes or less will reheat them as well.
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This recipe looks fun for me to do with my granddaughters. We might use Nutella and a bit of peanut butter.
I couldn’t decide 9n breakfast and tried this one. Saved the crust for the birds.
How simple and delicious.
My kids were hesitant at first but then they ate them all up and requested more! Thank you for this!
these are absolutely scrumptious! perfect addition to a brunch.
Great idea!
my family loved these!
love these!
such a fun idea!
Oh my gosh, I want these right now!
Such a fun twist on traditional french toast! Thanks for sharing!
I used my Calphalon skillet and they came out great!
I filled half with nutella and half with jam!
Such a clever delicious twist – my kids loved these!
Fantastic fun idea!
This was such a fun way to take usual french toast and turn it into something new. I served with breakfast sausage and fruit salad.
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wonderful :)
Pinned this recipe
Looks great!
Well of COURSE I made these – My kids flipped! But I also scoured your egg board and found a breakfast quesadilla that needs to happen.
You must have won the Mom of the year award for these! Yum!
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I pinned this lovely recipe. Yum! I hope I win :-). Liked VEry Culinary and Calphalon on pintrest and FB too!
I pinned this recipe and it looks yummy!
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I also follow both boards on pintrest!
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I’m all hooked up on Pinterest and I pinned this (which I think would be great made on the grill): http://pinterest.com/pin/33495590951062636/
I pinned this recipe! Looks awesome!
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Pinned this recipe!
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All of these sound absolutely amazing, and very doable with the grill, which is also really very great on its own.
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These look amazing!!!
i a sucker for grilled cheese! so i found these lovely ones
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i could eat both all day long!
I pinned on Pinterest http://pinterest.com/pin/323696291937732244/
I followed Calphalon and Very Culinary on Pinterest…and I tweeted :)
I would love one of these grills, great cooking and easy cleaning :)
Nutella. Because. Nutella. Alternatively, if you’re not up with the hazelnuts/filberts, TJs makes plain chocolate and chocolate-almond. Or maybe it’s Cost+ World Market that makes the plain chocolate. Eh, I don’t remember.
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Are you even serious? Those roll-ups look AMAZING. My children would freak out if I made these… Hmm… I shall have to do just that. I kind of dig making them freak out. That griddle looks pretty amazing, too!
I’ve been eating nutella smeared on an english muffin lately as my weekend breakfast…but this is way more fancy and just as easy! Love it.
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These look amazing and filled with nutella they are sure to be a crowd pleaser!! I follow you both on Pinterest and I’ve pinned this recipe – http://pinterest.com/pin/266838346644281637/
I follow Very Culinary and Calphalon on Pinterest and liked both on Facebook
http://m.pinterest.com/pin/324259241891274356/ I would love to make this! I also pinned the French toast roll-ups.
I Tweeted!
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Amy, I don’t know how you do it!! You are just amazing always coming up with great twists on classics and so easy!! I will be trying this one for sure but would be easier yet to plug in that Calphalon griddle!!
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Following Calphalon on Pinterest.
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These roll ups are too fun. I love this grill, too. So versatile!
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I pinned a delicious waffle recipe from Calphalon-http://pinterest.com/pin/165929567493621203/
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This is such fun twist! I already love French toast so this is sure to be a winner!
And I Tweeted! (@lawstudentswife)
Also, liked you and Calphalon on FB!
I LOVE special weekend breakfasts–it’s something I really remember my parents doing for me as a kid, and that I love to do now.
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Here is my tweet
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