French Toast Breakfast Sandwich
It’s time to upgrade your breakfast with a sandwich that’s both sweet and savory! This French Toast Breakfast Sandwich takes a layer of cheesy, red pepper-spiced eggs between two crusty pieces of brioche drenched and flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Now, how is that for a flavor combination?
If breakfast sandwiches are your favorite, try my Breakfast Cheeseburger Croissant Sandwich, Cheesy Beef Breakfast Burrito, or a Stuffed Bagel Breakfast Sandwich.
I grew up in the country. So early in my childhood, I embraced the fact that breakfast foods were on the menu at just about any time of day, including lunch and dinner. The two things that were always readily available and easy to make were eggs and French toast.
Filled with fluffy scrambled eggs (with some heat from crushed red peppers), this sandwich is perfect to get your day started. Instead of making eggs and french toast separately, make them into one quick and easy meal idea by putting them together — and drizzle a little maple syrup for good measure and to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Ingredients you’ll need to make french toast sandwiches:
- For the scrambled eggs, you’ll combine brown eggs, grated parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, crushed red peppers, sea salt, and black pepper
- For the french toast, you’ll need brioche bread slices, evaporated milk, sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg. Instead of brioche bread, you can also use you can also use croissant buns, hamburger buns, potato buns, challah bread, or sliced french bread.
- And because you can’t have enough cheese, we add sliced Swiss cheese to the sandwich as well
How to make a french toast breakfast sandwich:
Prepare the eggs. To say there is a science to making the perfect egg would be an understatement. So, let’s walk through this step-by-step. Add 4 eggs to a mixing bowl with cheese, salt, and pepper. Whisk (paid link) your eggs. Whisking adds air to the eggs, which helps to make them fluffy when cooked. You want to whisk (paid link) the eggs until they are light, airy, and uniform in color.
Cook the eggs. Add butter to a skillet at medium heat. Once the butter is melted and foamy, add your eggs and reduce the heat to medium-low. Using a rubber spatula (paid link), slowly push the eggs away from the edges of the pan, gently stirring and folding. Repeat this until the eggs form into soft curds. Remove the eggs from the heat when they are slightly “wet,” as they will continue cooking after removing them from the skillet. Set the eggs to the side.
Prepare the french toast. Add 1 egg, evaporated milk, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, and vanilla extract to a bowl and whisk (paid link) together. Dip 4 slices of brioche into the custard mixture on one side of the bread. Please put it on a plate and set it to the side.
Cook the french toast and assemble the sandwich. Heat your skillet to medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter. Once melted, add the french toast, dipped side down. Layer with a slice of Swiss cheese, 1/2 of the scrambled eggs, a second slice of Swiss cheese, and the second dipped bread, dipped side facing out. Cook for 3 minutes, then flip, cooking the other side for 3 minutes.
Serve. Service drizzled with maple syrup or a side of maple syrup to dip!
French Toast Breakfast Sandwich Variations
This recipe is highly customizable. Take your sandwich even further with these additions and substitutions:
- This recipe uses brioche bread, but you can also use croissant buns, hamburger buns, potato buns, challah bread, or even french bread
- Want to add some meat? Add a few slices of beef or turkey bacon, sliced chicken sausage, or a plant-based option
- Instead of mozzarella and parmesan cheese, you could also try gouda, Monterey Jack, white cheddar, or gruyere
- If maple syrup is not your thing, try a spread like grape jelly or strawberry jam to sweeten the sandwich
So the next time you can’t decide between French toast or scrambled eggs for breakfast, you’ll know exactly where to come! My French Toast Breakfast Sandwich is fulfilling, tastes great, and makes for the perfect grab-and-go recipe.
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French Toast Breakfast Sandwich
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
This French Toast Breakfast Sandwich recreates the traditional breakfast sandwich by incorporating the flavors of French Toast.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp butter, divided
- 5 organic large brown eggs, divided
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp crushed red peppers
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 4 brioche bread slices
- 2 sliced Swiss cheese
Instructions
- Combine 1 egg, parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, crusted red peppers, sea salt, and black pepper in a mixing bowl. Whisk (paid link) together until the color is uniform and the eggs are airy.
- Heat a skillet to medium heat. Add 1 tsp of butter. Once the butter is melted, add your eggs and reduce the heat to medium-low. Using a rubber spatula (paid link), slowly push the eggs away from the edges of the pan, gently stirring and folding. Repeat until the eggs form into soft curds. Remove the eggs from the heat when they are slightly “wet,” as they will continue cooking after removing them from the skillet. Set the eggs to the side.
- Add 1 egg, evaporated milk, sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg to a mixing bowl and whisk (paid link) together. Dip each slice of brioche into the custard mixture on one side of the bread. Allow the bread to soak in the custard for at least 30 seconds. Place on a large plate and set to the side.
- Add 2 tbsp butter to a large skillet. Once the butter is melted, add the french toast, dipped side down, to the skillet. Layer with a slice of Swiss cheese, 1/2 of the cooked scrambled eggs, a second slice of Swiss cheese, and the second dipped bread, with the dipped side facing out. Cook for 3 minutes, then flip, cooking the other side for an additional 3 minutes. Serve hot.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 414
- Fat: 26.1g