IHop French Toast {Breakfast for Dinner}

One of our favorite meals in our house is Breakfast for dinner! I try and make a breakfast dish at least twice a month since the kids love it so much. It is the one meal that I know they wont put up a fight about. We love going to IHop as a special treat, I think they have the best coffee, so I look forward to going whenever we have the chance. Anytime we do go, I always order their Viva La French Toast or Split Decision. Both consist of french toast. 

I was poking around a few different blogs and came across a recipe for IHop French Toast at The Sister's Cafe. I thought it would be a perfect dinner meal with bacon and scrambled eggs. I usually use texas toast to make my french toast, but this recipe uses traditional thick cut French bread. 

This recipe also added flour to their batter, so I really wanted to try this recipe. I did not get a chance to make the coconut syrup this time, but I'm definitely making it the next time. We pretty much cleaned it up, so no leftovers that particular night. If you are like us and like breakfast for dinner sometimes, I think this would be a great recipe to try.

To start cut the french bread into 1 inch slices.

this is about right. I have a total of 12 slices so I doubled the batter recipe.

First beat eggs, then add remaining ingredients

and beat with electric mixer. Dip both sides of bread and place in hot buttered pan. Flip over when browned. Serve with regular syrup or Coconut Syrup. (recipe below). I love to have mine with butter and powdered sugar just like at IHop.

IHOPs French Toast

2 - eggs, beaten 

1 - cup milk

1/8- teaspoon salt 

1 - teaspoon vanilla 

3 - tablespoons flour 

6 - slices of thick sliced French bread 

In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs using an electric mixer and then add the remaining ingredients. 

Dip both sides of bread and place in hot buttered pan. Flip over when browned. 

Serve with Coconut Syrup. I am also including The Sisters Cafe's favorite Coconut Syrup recipe below. This is their all time favorite syrup, and they ALWAYS serve it with hot breakfasts, whether it be waffles, pancakes, crepes or french toast. It’s unbeatable! I will be giving this a try next time. 

Coconut Syrup 

7-8 tablespoons butter 

¾ - cup buttermilk 

1 - cup sugar 

½ - teaspoon baking soda 

1 - teaspoon coconut extract 

Place butter, buttermilk and sugar in a pot. Then turn stove on medium and stir until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil and boil one minute. Remove from heat and add soda and flavoring. It will bubble up; just continue to stir and give it a few minutes for the 'fizz' to reduce before serving.