Description
Bake your favorite breakfast into convenient, portable muffins! These Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Muffins deliver all the comforting flavor of classic French toast in a perfect grab-and-go format. They are ideal for quick weekday mornings or easy meal prep.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 loaf day-old bread (Brioche or Challah recommended), cut into 1-inch cubes
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (for the batter)
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (for the topping)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (for the topping)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a standard 12-cup muffin tin well, or use paper liners.
- Place the bread cubes evenly into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full. Press them down gently.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, and 2 tablespoons sugar until well combined.
- Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread cubes in the muffin tin. Let the mixture sit for 5 to 10 minutes, allowing the bread to soak up the custard.
- In a small bowl, mix the 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon for the topping.
- Brush the tops of the soaked bread cubes lightly with the melted butter.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar topping generously over each muffin cup.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean (a little moistness is fine).
- Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5 minutes before carefully removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Day-old bread works best as it soaks up the custard without becoming too soggy.
- For a richer flavor, use Brioche or Challah bread.
- You can prepare these ahead of time and reheat them quickly in the microwave or toaster oven.
- If you prefer a less sweet top, reduce the topping sugar mixture slightly.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 100mg