Heart-Shaped French Toast

I am joining Michael today at Designs by Gollum for another Foodie Friday.  This is seriously the easiest post of the week for me because I am always cooking!  (I cook for my husband, two teenage sons, and a soon to be five year-old son.)  I made a Valentine version of French Toast today. We eat this all the time in the spring when the berries are fresh in the market.  I just made this version in the shape of hearts by using a cookie cutter on the slices of bread.

Yes, we often eat our French toast with whip cream, syrup, and berries.  (One of my husband's favorite vacation restaurants is IHOP, go figure!)

The recipe was straight out of my Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook; 1989 version, and it is now just a stack of pages.  I have worn it to pieces looking up something to cook.

Ingredients:

 2 beaten eggs

1/2 cup of milk

1/4 TSP vanilla

1/8 TSP ground cinnamon

5 1-inch-thick slices French bread or 6 slices of white bread

Margarine

Maple syrup

In a shallow bowl beat eggs , milk, vanilla, and cinnamon.  Dip bread into egg mixture, coating both sides.  

In a  hot (med. heat) skillet or on a griddle cook bread on both sides in a small amount of margarine or butter for 2-3 min. on each side or until golden brown.  Add more margarine as needed.

Serve with maple flavored syrup, berries, and whip cream.

Yields: 5-6 slices