French Toast Pigs in a Blanket

Good Morning and Happy Sunday Everyone! I have been seeing a ton of instagram posts showing how people are really stepping up their brunch game these days. But brunching out can get expensive every weekend. Next time - invite your friends over for a brunch at your place and make these bad boys - Breakfast sausages wrapped in french toast! Perk of brunching at home - there is no time limit on when the mimosas and bloodys stop flowing!

You will need:
Bread of your choice - don't go too thick here or it will be very difficult to wrap the bread
Breakfast sausage links of your choice - go vegetarian or vegan here if you want!
6 eggs
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
Syrup

Start off by laying your sausages on a baking sheet and cook at 375 for about 10 minutes. This will make sure the sausages are completely cooked throughout before wrapping them in your french toast.

While your sausages are baking, trim the crusts off of your bread. Depending on how many people you are serving, you will need to decide how much bread you need but for 4 people I would recommend at least three per person (i.e. 12 slices of bread).

As your are trimming your crusts, gently squish down the bread so it holds itself together a bit more.

Next, you will need to prepare your french toast batter. In a large bowl, whisk your eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg until well combined.

Now you are ready to make your pigs in a blanket! Carefully take one sausage and align it with one edge of your trimmed bread and begin to roll the bread around the sausage, pinching slightly as you go so everything sticks together. Make sure you seal the end so the pig in a blanket doesn't roll away!

Photo cred: Brendan! 

Once you have all of your sausage links rolled up, begin to carefully dunk them into your egg batter. You will need to get all the pigs in a blanket into the bowl and allow them to soak for 10 minutes.

While your pigs are soaking, preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Grease your pan with ether butter or cooking spray so nothing sticks! 

Next, carefully place your pigs into the pan leaving a little bit of wiggle room in between each one.

Allow these to cook for about 3-4 minutes and then roll them over to cook on the other side. You will want these lightly browned all over so keep rolling them every couple of minutes until they are cooked throughout - you don't want soggy blankets!

Once they are browned, remove from the pan and serve with syrup and powdered sugar along side your other brunch favorites! 

Enjoy!