Sunday Brunch: Cap'n Crunch French Toast
A few weekends ago I was headed to Baltimore for a friend's surprise 50th birthday party, so I asked our Served columnist Hannah Howard, a Baltimore native, where we should eat breakfast in what's known as Charm City. She immediately named Blue Moon Diner.
"Have the Cap'n Crunch french toast," she said. "Yum! Fast forward to last week, when I came across a recipe for the Blue Moon Diner's Cap'n Crunch french toast in Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, which I have adapted below. With all the heavy cream called for in this recipe, it would not be inappropriate to subtitle it "The Blue Moon Diner and Guy Fieri Are Trying to Kill You, Part 1."
Blue Moon Diner Cap'n Crunch French Toast
- serves 4 serious eaters-
Ingredients
3/4 cup heavy cream
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 cups Cap'n Crunch cereal
8 to 10 slices thick-sliced white bread
Butter for cooking
For the topping:
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups frozen wild Maine blueberries defrosted
Procedure
1. Mix the cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl and whisk until combined.
2. Put the cereal in a storage bag and use a rolling pin or the flat edge of a large knife until it resembles cracker meal. Transfer it to a shallow dish.
3. Dip a couple of slices of the bread into the cream mixture until soft but not completely soaked. Let excess liquid drip from the bread, then press into the cereal crumbs to coat evenly. Place on a sheet pan and repeat with the remaining slices.
4. Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat, add butter as needed, and cook the bread until it is caramelized on both sides, about 6 to 8 minutes total.
5. For the optional whipped cream topping, which may be gilding the lilly: Beat the cream, confectioners' sugar, vanilla with a large bowl in a hand mixer to soft peaks. Dollop on top of the French toast and serve with the berries.
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11 Comments:
Guy is trying to kill us all, I'm certain of it.
Doesn't Cap'n have the most sugar in it of any cereal?
Karna6e at 8:59AM on 02/15/09
Yeah killing us all with a big smile on our faces....yum.
ms_green at 10:53AM on 02/15/09
I remember eating at Planet Hollywood in my youth and absolutely loving the Captain Crunch chicken fingers. Sounds pretty bad to me now, but the memory stuck with me.
July at 11:56AM on 02/15/09
I make CapnCrunch chicken all the time (Planet Hollywood recipe). It's to die for!! I have the creole mustard recipe too but we just dip ours in jarred honey mustard.
caramel at 2:07PM on 02/15/09
I always knew french toast was missing something.
http://bakingandmistaking.blogspot.com
cool2bars at 2:30PM on 02/15/09
This concept is the work of a diabolical genius!
thegoch at 5:18PM on 02/15/09
Boyfriend loves the Cap'n, so I'm going to make this -- but with milk and no extra sugar. I'm sure it'll be just as good.
piccola at 8:35PM on 02/15/09
One of my strange pet peeves. On the triple D show they always said captain crunch and everyone knows it is in fact cap'n crunch.
chazmo at 9:45AM on 02/16/09
I wonder how good it would be using Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter cereal!! Hmmm, somebody had a good idea here! But maybe we should fry it in Benecol instead of buttah.
soapy at 6:11PM on 02/16/09
I know that is so bad for me, yet I still want it. Does that say something about me and my addiction to everything breakfast?
FrostyGhost at 1:55PM on 02/17/09
Why is everybody so afraid of sugar? You don't have to eat this every day. Variety is the spice of life! I absolutely can not wait to make this one for my daughter and her friends at the next sleep over! Well...I really want to try it too...
yiddishlion at 10:02PM on 03/11/09