Deen Bros PB & Banana French Toast

I blogged last week about my new Deen Bros. Cookbook…well, since I’m officially obsessed with it, I thought I’d share another recipe from it.  This time…it’s breakfast (or dinner, seriously, is there anything better than breakfast for dinner???).

The Deen boys took French Toast and added a twist (ok…they added like 3 twists) and made their French Toast simply spectacular (and easy too!).

Shopping List
1/2 cup granola
8 slices white bread
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons honey
1 banana, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup whole milk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Maple syrup

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spread each slice of bread with peanut butter. Drizzle honey evenly over peanut butter.  Divide banana slices among four slices of bread; top with remaining bread, peanut butter sides down.  Remove crusts and tightly pinch the edges of each sandwich together to seal.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon.  Soak each sandwich in the egg mixture for 5 seconds.  Roll the edge of each sandwich in granola.

In a large skillet, heat the butter over medium-high heat.  Add the sandwiches, working in batches if necessary; cook about 2 minutes per side or until golden.  Transfer the sandwiches to a baking sheet; bake for 10 minutes.

Serve immediately with maple syrup.

You’re going to want to run to Savannah and kiss a Deen boy on the lips after making this.  This recipe is lip-kissing good!

And one last thing, this recipe screams girl math…peanut butter plus a banana?  That’s so stinkin’ healthy that I’m sure it totally offsets the butter, sugar, and syrup.  This is how my brain works…you should try it sometime.