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posted by Christy Denneyon Apr 30, 2022 (updated Dec 12, 2022) 200 comments »
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French Toast Roll-Upshave cream cheese, fruit, or whatever fillings you like rolled up in cinnamon sugar bread. Impressive and crowd pleasing, you’ll love these French Toast Roll-Ups for breakfast.
FRENCH TOAST ROLL-UPS
Mother’s Day can not come soon enough. If you’re pampering the mom in your life this weekend, fix her these French Toast Roll-Ups. Of course you could make regular French toast but why not switch it up with these. They look gourmet and melt in your mouth.
I ate 7 out of the 8 of them just to make sure.
And if you love these, you’ll love this Lemon Blueberry Crescent Ring and this Blueberry Croissant Puff.
HOW TO MAKE FRENCH TOAST ROLL-UPS
Just take regular soft white bread and cut the crusts off.
Using a rolling pin, flatten the pieces out.
Place whatever filling you like inside towards the end of the piece of bread. I love softened cream cheese topped with diced strawberries.
Nutella with strawberries is really good too.
Roll those babies up.
Dip them in an egg/mixture just like you would regular French toast.
As soon as you’ve browned them in a skillet roll them in some cinnamon/sugar.
Breakfast is served! This French Toast is one of my favorite breakfast treats.
HOW TO MAKE FRENCH TOAST ROLL-UPS
Cut the crust from each slice of bread and flatten it out with a rolling pin.
Place about 1-2 teaspoons of your chosen filling 1 inch from one end of the bread in a strip. Roll the bread up tightly and repeat with the remaining pieces of bread. I really like cream cheese with diced strawberries as one combination and Nutella with diced strawberries as another combination.
In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk until well combined.
In a separate shallow bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon.
Heat a skillet set over medium heat and melt a tablespoon of butter.
Dip each bread roll in the egg mixture coating well and then place them in the pan seam side down. Cook in batches until golden brown, turning them to cook and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Add butter to the pan as needed.
Add cooked rolls immediately from the pan to the cinnamon sugar and roll until completely covered in sugar. You can serve with syrup for dipping but I think they’re perfectly good all by themselves.
OTHER BREAKFAST RECIPES:
- Bananas Foster French Toast
- Overnight French Toast Casserole
- German Pancakes
- Strawberry Stuffed French Toast
- Bacon, Egg, Potato Skillet
- Eggnog French Toast
- Banana Stuffed French Toast
- Fluffy Pancakes
- Cheesy Baked Eggs
- Banana Muffins
- Apple Muffins
French Toast Roll-Ups
4.55 from 100 votes
These French Toast Roll-Upshave cream cheese, fruit, or whatever fillings you like rolled up in cinnamon sugar bread.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes mins
Cook Time: 10 minutes mins
Total Time: 15 minutes mins
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 8 slices white sandwich bread
- softened cream cheese, diced strawberries, or Nutella
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
- butter, for greasing the pan
Instructions
Cut the crust from each slice of bread and flatten it out with a rolling pin.
Place about 1-2 teaspoons of your chosen filling 1 inch from one end of the bread in a strip. Roll the bread up tightly and repeat with the remaining pieces of bread. I really like cream cheese with diced strawberries as one combination and Nutella with diced strawberries as another combination.
In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk until well combined.
In a separate shallow bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon.
Heat a skillet set over medium heat and melt a tablespoon of butter.
Dip each bread roll in the egg mixture coating well and then place them in the pan seam side down. Cook in batches until golden brown, turning them to cook and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Add butter to the pan as needed.
Add cooked rolls immediately from the pan to the cinnamon sugar and roll until completely covered in sugar. You can serve with syrup for dipping but I think they're perfectly good all by themselves.
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Notes
Source: inspired from Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice
Serving: 1grams
Cuisine: American
Course: Breakfast
Author: Christy Denney
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originally published on Apr 30, 2022 (last updated Dec 12, 2022)
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200 comments on “French Toast Roll-Ups”
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Janet Hohn — Reply
Nutrition values, calories, protein.? These sound very good!
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Mary Lee Kloepfer — Reply
Found get receipt for make a head breakfast meals. Yum.
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Christine — Reply
Could you make these a head and freeze them
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Christy Denney — Reply
Sure!
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Jane Horst — Reply
I can’t find what you put in the roll up with the sausage?
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Christy Denney — Reply
I would just do sausage by itself.
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Noreen — Reply
Has anyone tried these in an air fryer?
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Lori — Reply
yes- i saw several recipes that said 350 or 360 but i found that 400 for 5-6 min- then flip and 4 to 5 min more depending on how “toasted” you like them-
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Janel — Reply
My kids are not into any French toast casseroles that I like to make for the holidays so I’m super excited to try this easy alternative on Christmas morning! Thank you for a fun and festive breakfast idea. I’m planning to compliment these with your Cheesy Egg Casserole with the cottage cheese, I LOVE that meal and I don’t even like eggs, that’s how good it is. Do I need my bread to be almost stale or is it okay if it’s pretty new? I wanna do banana Nutella and sweetened cream cheese with strawberries and blueberries. YUM. Love your recipes, I have made oodles of them.
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Christy Denney — Reply
New bread is totally fine. You can basically do any combo you want but Nutella with bananas sounds delish!
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D C — Reply
Delicious! Took to a Father’s Day brunch. Still fine eaten a few hours after cooking. I used spreadable cream cheese; and prepared up to dipping in egg/milk step the day before and kept refrigerated. Will be making again.
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yay!
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aaron white — Reply
Wasn’t really a fan of this recipe, the cream cheese combined with the strawberries made it very tart. The second go round i made a cream cheese frosting instead, tasted amazing!.
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Christy Denney — Reply
Great idea. If the strawberries are sweet it isn’t very tart.
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Monalisha Rawat — Reply
Superb n easy to make ideas recipes. N looks scrumptious
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Christy Denney — Reply
Thank you!
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Robin — Reply
Can the French toast roll up be frozen before rolling them in egg? Want to mix cream cheese, egg and powder sugar together for a filling plus add fruit and freeze them for later
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Michelle — Reply
Love these!! I’ve made them several times before and they’ve always been a hit. What would be the best way to make these ahead of time? Can I roll the bread with the filling and then refrigerate for a day, and then dip them and brown them the day of? Or will they get soggy with the filling in the fridge for a day?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yeah. I wouldn’t dip them a day before, I would probably cook them all the way through the day before if you want to prep ahead of time.
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Forever Products — Reply
These look delicious! Thank you for the recipe 🙂
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Syd — Reply
how many calories? these look delicious.
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Brooke — Reply
Very good! Super easy and the whole family loved them! Make sure to add plenty of strawberries!
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Christy Denney — Reply
Thank you!
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ayaerika — Reply
when it says “add butter to the pan as needed’, do I add butter during when its cooking, or after it cooks then I coat it with butter?
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Christy Denney — Reply
add it before you cook them, kind of like when you cook pancakes. Just so they don’t stick.
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Anna SMith — Reply
Hi! I used your French Toast Roll Up Recipe for a Bridal Brunch I put together. It was SUCH a hit! We loved choosing different stuffings!
Check it out here: https://www.quirksandquips.org/single-post/2017/09/06/DIY-Brunch-Bar
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Christy Denney — Reply
Thank you!
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Shasta — Reply
Thanks for sharing! The family loved it. Overall it’s easy to make, just alot of work esp if you have a large family like mine who wants so many different stuffings. Of course the cream cheese & strawberries stuffing was the fav, but the most interesting that I cooked was homemade apple butter (made by my daughter & inspired from another pin the night before) w/ bananas. The roll-ups were a nice & yummy change from the breakfast usual.
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Christy Denney — Reply
Sounds delicious!
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rumahulin — Reply
Oh sweet mother of pearl, these need to happen Sunday morning!!
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yes they do!
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Erik Plachta — Reply
This was one of the best breakfast meals I’ve ever made. Thank you for the easy fun recipe.
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Erik Plachta — Reply
Just used a cutting board and smooshed the bread as flat as I could. That seemed to work just as well.
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Christy Denney — Reply
You’re welcome!
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noor — Reply
Hi
Do you think these would cook well in the oven, opposed to a pan? I am planning on cooking a lot of these, but I want them to all be done at the same time! What do you think?-
Christy Denney — Reply
Yes, I think they would be great that way!
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Caminando — Reply
Made for our ladies breakfast at work and made for our Sunday breakfast with guests included, it was a huge hit!! These rolls disappeared in a blink of an eye, they were just enjoying it but I still manage to steal one for myself (after all I made them, I had to try it too). The co workers did not stop asking how it was done. So I recommended to visit this site.
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Christy Denney — Reply
Thank you! THey are one of my favorites!
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nancy — Reply
please add me to your list
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Christy Denney — Reply
Of course! Will do!
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milcah siyaipu — Reply
i love it.
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Deb — Reply
Do you have any suggestions for using pumpkin ?
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Toni | Small Home Soul — Reply
I’m not sure if you’re aware but this website has taken your recipe and posted it. While they give you name credit at the top of the recipe I can’t find a link back to your page.
http://cheers.com.ve/especial-dia-de-las-madres-rollitos-de-tostadas-francesas/
I used Google Translate and left them a message because they used one of my photos without permission even though I got a link back (at the bottom of the page).
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Christy Denney — Reply
Thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out.
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Lily — Reply
Can you make this with only one egg?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yes. It’s doesn’t make that big of a difference.
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Sherri LaFever — Reply
The recipe directions don’t say when you add the strawberries. Is it before or after you have browned the toast in the skillet? I can’t get the video to play, so it may have the directions as to where to add them. My son loves strawberries, so I’m thinking of making them for him when he comes home in July.
Thanks so much!
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Christy Denney — Reply
Sorry! You can add whatever fillings you want on top of the cream cheese like strawberries. Or just leave them plain.
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Lindsay — Reply
Can these be made 2 hours before serving? Are they still good at room temperature?
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Christy Denney — Reply
These are definitely better warm. I’ve made them ahead of time and then popped them in the microwave for 30 seconds or oven for 5 minutes.
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anonymous — Reply
Can these be baked in the oven instead?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Yes. They don’t get quite as toasty as when they are cooked in a skillet though.
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Nadia — Reply
I just made these for the family and they were absolutely amazing!!!! Everyone loved them, even one picky kid who never liked french toast. Thank you for the recipe 🙂
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Christy Denney — Reply
Success all around!
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Alice Fulbright — Reply
If I’m making these to serve the next morning… Can I cover and refrigerate …And microwave them the next morning? Or should I reheat them in the oven.
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Christy Denney — Reply
They definitely will be crispier in the oven. They might get soft in the microwave.
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Abby (@ No Fail Recipes) — Reply
I tried this recipe and used nutella and raspberry jam for the filling and they were AMAZING! Thank you so much for the great recipe.
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Christy Denney — Reply
You’re welcome!
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Sophus — Reply
It looks soo tasty. And also so easy. I Must try it. Thanks for this beautiful idea
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Christy Denney — Reply
You’re welcome!
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Selma — Reply
I was wondering how would it taste and look like if I was to use frozen strawberries?
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Christy Denney — Reply
Hmmm. Haven’t tried it.
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Margaret Crossin — Reply
Do these need to be served hot or warms? I am having a brunch and want make them ahead of time.
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Christy Denney — Reply
I prefer them warm for sure.
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Martie — Reply
My sister turned me on to these top 10 recipes today, and now I have supper tonight! Woo-hoo! Yes, we frequently eat breakfast foods for supper, especially ones that are more like dessert! 😉
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Christy Denney — Reply
Great idea! I love it.
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KannaChan — Reply
I made these today except I use peanut butter and banana. They turned out pretty good though.
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joyce — Reply
I make a similar dessert with no eggs. Bread slice can also be cut in half, filling added, then other half stacked. Dip in melted butter or milk, then roll in sugar. Love the Gnutella idea.
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Sydney DuBois — Reply
I just tried these today and they were AH-MAZING! Although I found them on Facebook( on Buzzfeed) and I searched a recipe to follow, since Buzzfeed just had a video. Since on Facebook, they spread cream cheese on the whole piece of bread, that’s what we did, and it was delicious that way. It made it taste almost like a pastry. Delicious! Thanks for sharing.
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Christy Denney — Reply
You’re welcome!
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Lenni — Reply
These look so YUMMY! I can’t wait to make them for the family! Or the next office brunch!
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Megan — Reply
I would love to make a bunch of these for my husband but i’d like to save some for the week. Would it be better to keep them in the fridge and microwave or freeze and microwave/oven?
Thanks so much!! I also want to know the same thing for the bacon roll as well. 🙂
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Christy Denney — Reply
You could freeze them or keep them in the fridge. They definitely would toast up in the oven better. The microwave might make them soggy.
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Shay — Reply
Just tried these for the first time today and they were so delicious! Thank you!! 🙂
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