ISO Restaurant Recipe

[cat lover]

I usually do not like grits, but seem to love the ones at Cracker Barrel; does anyone have a copy kat recipe of them? I would love to have it to make at home! Thanks!

cat lover :)

[ajrsmom]

I have been searching for you but so far have found nothing.

I have been searcing for a Cracker Barrel French Toast recipe too. It is to die for!! I have made something close but there is still something missing in there.


Good Luck on your search!!

Tami

[cat lover]

I have been searching for you but so far have found nothing.

I have been searcing for a Cracker Barrel French Toast recipe too. It is to die for!! I have made something close but there is still something missing in there.


Good Luck on your search!!

Tami
I'll keep on eye out for the French Toast recipe too!


cat lover:)

[cat lover]

I found this on Tipz Time:

How to Easily Make Sourdough French Toast Like Cracker Barrel
By Kori Puckett - Jul 30, 2004, 18:13

I got an idea one day when I was in a Cracker Barrel
restaurant eating breakfast. They had sourdough French
toast and it was the best French toast I'd had, so I wanted
to re-create the recipe at home.

I haven't gotten this down to a recipe with exact
measurements, but I usually use:

Pepperidge Farmhouse Sourdough bread slices
about 1 to 1 1/2 or so cups of milk
1 or 2 egg whites (or the whole egg, if you prefer)
cinnamon and/or sugar (optional)

Mix the milk, egg whites, and cinnamon and/or sugar
together. Place both sides of each bread slice into the
mixture to saturate the bread.

Most of the time I use Pam cooking spray to butter the
pan, because it's easier and quicker for me to just spray
every time to keep it from sticking. But if you prefer
butter or margarine, that's fine too.

The first slice you should cook for a few minutes on each
side. Then with the other slices, after the pan has had a
chance to really get hot, it only takes a couple of minutes
each side to get it brown.

Depending on how much of the milk and egg mixture you let
sink into each slice, it can make from 4-8 sourdough
slices. I like to use strawberry syrup, but you can use any
syrup you like. You can even make your own syrup by mixing
two cups of sugar, one cup or water, a teaspoon of vanilla
extract and whatever flavoring (strawberry, blueberry,
cherry) you want. Bring it to a boil, then lower the heat
and let it simmer for about five minutes.

For thicker syrup, you can add clear Karo syrup, too.

And to finish it all off, you can add a couple of (big)
spoonfuls of Cool Whip (or any whipped cream) on top. Yummy.

Enjoy!

[ajrsmom]

Thank You. This is the recipe that I have used. It is very good but is still missing something. Not sure what though.......


Does the grits at CB have cheese in them or are they plain?

[cat lover]

I'll keep hunting for another copy kat French Toast!

The grits don't have any cheese in them that I can tell. They just have a good flavor, I'm thinking maybe some liquid smoke in them, but not sure! I only say that because one time they seemed too full of it and I told them so. So I think it is something they make up in the restaurants rather than a premade grits, but I haven't been able to match them yet!

[Coll]

Try adding a dash of vanilla to the french toast recipe.

A stupid question I'm sure but what does the ISO mean?

Coll

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Coll that isn't a stupid question. In fact, I had to look it up because I had forgotten.

ISO = In Search Of
Does that help?

[ajrsmom]

Try adding a dash of vanilla to the french toast recipe.

A stupid question I'm sure but what does the ISO mean?

Coll

I have always added vanilla to my French toast. My Dh thought that I was weird for doing that but it makes it sooooo good!


The recipe above is actually very good. As strange as it seems, I really think it's the bread that makes all of the difference. We usually stop in Mooresville, NC to eat at CB on the way to Charlotte. I think that they might add a secret ingredient to theirs because the CB in Greensboro tasted more plain and not quite as good. Then again, it could be just me. lol!! :p Either way, this is my new favorite French toast!!

[Coll]

I don't eat french toast, but my kids like it betterif I use old bread. Meaning its not fresh enough for a good sandwich. If I have really fresh bread I turn my toaster to the lowest setting and dry it out a bit.

Coll

[cat lover]

ajrsmom, still looking for a CB French Toast recipe. I bet they DO add something they aren't telling! Have you tried asking the cook at one of the restaurants and comparing it with the above recipe? Sometimes I have luck getting a cook to "share"