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Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups

Warm French toast roll ups stuffed with apple butter then tossed in cinnamon sugar make brunch much more exciting, especially when you dunk them into apple butter cream cheese dipping sauce.


Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

I am not a morning person.

I hit snooze more times than I care to admit. I’d rather stay up until midnight than wake up at before 8 AM.

Unfortunately, that won’t work during the week when I have to get up at 6 AM for work.

Breakfast becomes something quick and small – a bagel, oatmeal, fruit, a cookie.

Because life is hectic during the week, every Sunday I make an effort to cook a nice breakfast (although sometimes breakfast can turn into brunch if I’m busy Sunday morning).

Today I’m bringing you Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce for a fun new way to eat your morning meal, whether you eat breakfast at 8 AM or brunch at noon.


Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce
Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

I have been making French toast for as long as I can remember because it’s one of those recipes where even the most novice cook can make.

In fact, one of my first breakfasts to make while studying abroad in Ireland was French toast. I don’t think I learned how to make pancakes and waffles until my last year or so of college.

I also find French toast boring sometimes. Pancakes and waffles you can change the batter in a variety of ways, but French toast? Not so much.

How do you make French toast more exciting?

By stuffing, rolling, and dipping them. Very similar to French toast sticks I had as a child but filled with apple butter goodness.


Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

This recipe is perfect for a crowd, especially if you invite people over for brunch.

Normally you’d cook French toast one slice at a time in a skillet. By the time you finish the last one, everything is cold.

If you serve them as you make them, then everybody doesn’t eat together.

By baking the rolls, all of them will be ready at the same time, meaning you can spend time with your loved ones as you devour breakfast (or brunch).


Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups with Apple Butter Cream Cheese Dipping Sauce

Yield: 16

Ingredients

French Toast Roll Ups

  • 16 slices white sandwich bread
  • 1 cup apple butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Dipping Sauce

  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup apple butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

For the roll ups

  2. Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or grease really, really well (the roll ups will stick if you aren't prepared).
  3. Flatten one slice of bread to about half of its original thickness. Spread roughly 1 tablespoon apple butter evenly on top. Roll up bread and set aside, seam side down. Repeat with the remaining bread.
  4. In a bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg. Dip each roll up into the egg mixture, completely covering and shaking off the excess. Place on the baking sheet.
  5. Bake 10 minutes. Pull out of the oven, brush the top side with melted butter, flip each roll then brush the bottoms with butter. If they stick, gently use a spatula to loosen them. Leave bottom side up and bake another 10 minutes.
  6. In a small bowl, add the sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. As soon as the roll ups have finished baking, roll each one in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve warm with dipping sauce.

For the dipping sauce

  2. While the roll ups are baking, make the sauce. In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese and apple butter until smooth. Gradually beat in the sugar then beat in the milk.

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© Carla Cardello (www.chocolatemoosey.com)

 

If you liked these Apple Butter French Toast Roll Ups, you may also like these apple butter recipes from me:

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Comments

  2. Paula says

    The Apple Butter French Toast Rollups look pretty tasty. I’m thinking either the Sweet and Spicy Beef Nachos or the Asian Chicken Sliders from the Musselman’s recipe book are on my list to try first.

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  5. jacki says

    These are so cute. Perfect for little hands. I like that they are cooked all at once in the oven.
    Oh how I love apple butter. It takes me back to childhood when mom used to make it. Mmmm so good on homemade bread.

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  8. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    Good Lawd there is so much goodness stuffed into each delectable little roll! What a fabulous way to spice up French toast! This was one of the first things I ever learned to cook too, Carla. When I was hungry in high school and wanted a snack, I had three go-to meals: pizza pockets, instant noodles, and french toast. I love it so much. I love this apple butter and apple butter dipping sauce even more!

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  9. Kathy says

    Your Apple Butter French Toast Roll-ups sound like a good start or I might try some apple butter cinnamon rolls. Everything is good with apple butter on it!

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  27. David says

    I went looking their recipes and they have for banana apple struesel muffins that would be really good on a snowy frigid day.

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  35. Rachel (teacher-chef) says

    We have a breakfast club at my school on Fridays – I think this would be a PERFECT dish for a crowd, cook ’em up ahead of time and then just warm them in the oven before heading off to work, love it, so easy and fun and delicious!

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  37. michelle bailey says

    My son loves french toast sticks with a sampling of dipping sauces. One apple cutter, one peanut butter and greek yogurt dip, and one honey. I give him a spoon full of each to help give my picky toddler healthier options

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  38. Anna M. Lavender says

    I love french toast and your recipe looks amazing, especially with the apple butter. Thank you for the recipe :)

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  40. Lacey says

    Have you tried this recipe with wheat bread? Just trying to make it a tad more healthy. I’d be curious to know if the consistency of the bread would throw off the recipe.

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  41. Cheryl Illinois says

    Theses look like they would work better than the ones I tried with chopped apples in them. They didn’t want to roll and the apples tended to fall out. This will be Saturdays breakfast.

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