Banana Bread French Toast

Wow! Talk about something totally delicious! This banana bread french toast fits the description completely. Banana bread french toast, sliced bananas, and cool whip all covered in caramel sauce. A dish so delicious it's hard to describe.

I got the idea from IHOP when my daughter and I went there for her 18th birthday breakfast. It was so good, I had to see if I could make it at home. And this is a very good duplicate of their recipe.

Banana bread french toast would be a very good breakfast idea for Christmas morning. You could go ahead and have the banana bread ready a few days ahead and on Christmas morning, whip up the french toast. It doesn't take long once the banana bread is made. And everyone would enjoy such a special treat for Christmas morning.

First, you have to make the banana bread. I found a very good recipe at http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

This is the recipe:

Ingredients
3 or 4 ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Preheat the oven to 350. (I had to turn my oven down to 325 after about 30 minutes because the top of the banana bread was turning brown but the middle was not getting done.)

In a large bowl, mix the butter with the mashed bananas.

Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

Add the flour last. Mix until well blended. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour.

For the french toast, you will need 2 or 3 eggs, depending on how much french toast you want to make. 1 tbsp of milk, 1 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix everything together, then pour into a dish big enough to dip the banana bread slices into. Cut each banana bread slice about 1 inch. You need it to be that thick so that it won't break apart when you move it from the egg wash into the frying pan and when you flip it over.

This is the egg wash.

Have your frying pan ready with some melted butter. Dip each slice of banana bread into the egg wash and coat both sides.

Then place in your frying pan. Cook each side of the banana bread until the egg is done. It only takes a few minutes.

Once the egg is done on each side, remove from the frying pan and place on a plate. Add sliced bananas, cool whip and drizzle it all with caramel sauce. This is so delicious, I guarantee you will want to make it again.