Chocolate French Toast Sticks

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• toast stick
• 14 slices bread (crust removed)
• nutella chocolate hazelnut spread
• batter
• 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash cinnamon
• 1/2-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons oil
• yogurt, sauce
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup whole milk vanilla yogurt (i like old home)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 dash vanilla extract
• 1 dash almond extract
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 step 1:.
• 2 prepare your 14 slices of bread by removing the crust and rolling them flat with a rolling pin.
• 3 spread the nutella evenly over the bread slices and roll each one in a tight roll.
• 4 step 2:.
• 5 in a bowl add your eggs and whisk lightly.
• 6 add the baking soda and flour try to remove all lumps and slowly add milk then rest of step 2 ingredients to make a very thin batter.
• 7 pre heat your pan to a medium heat with the oil.
• 8 place the rolls in the batter turning to evenly coat and place in heated pan browning to a nice golden brown on each side and placing in a warm paper towel covered plate to drain.
• 9 step 3:.
• 10 place the coco powder in a bowl and mix it with the yogurt, milk, sugar, vanilla and almond ( i like to use a hand mixer to mix this).
• 11 rinse your pan and dry then bring again to a medium heat turning then to a medium low/low add butter, once it begins to dissolve add the yogurt mixture and stir until it becomes lightly bubbly and thickens, remove from heat.
• 12 plate your french toast sticks and then yogurt sauce as well as a dollop of just vanilla yogurt on the plate.
• 13 serve and enjoy!
• 14 (these can be made ahead up to the point that you batter and placed in a pan in the fridge covered).