New Years Breakfast

Hello and Happy New Year to all! I've been a little lazy and mildly delayed on posting as soon as I make something delicious and exciting.. So I took a different approach and made some childhood favorites with a twist (for us at least)

We're a pretty basic bunch that love french toast and bacon, and I'm a fairly horrible multi tasker-- however I survived my first breakfast of the new year... Don't mind my fancy plates, I'm on dish strike as nobody likes to rinse their plates or salvage their cups-- so pretty much all I wash now is the pots and pans and very little silverware.

You will need for French Toast:
- 1 stick REAL BUTTER (Not MARGARINE)
- 3-4 Eggs (One egg yields 2-3 slices of bread)
- 10-12 slices of your favorite bread cut in half
- Cinnamon Sugar
- Splash of Vanilla Extract
-  Splash of Milk (about the amount you'd put in a cup of coffee)

To make French Toast:
-Melt a pad of butter on medium-low heat as we don't want the butter to burn
-Whisk together eggs, milk, and vanilla and sprinkle in some cinnamon sugar.
- Dip 3-4 pieces of bread (slices should be cut in half making it 2 whole slices of bread per batch as you don't want to crowd the pan and want every thing to cook evenly)
- Cook until browned evenly on both sides (we have a gas stove and it takes about 10 mins total) and serve.

To Make Candied Bacon:
- Purchase your favorite bacon thick or thin cut, we use Hormel Black Label Center Cut
- Line baking sheets with foil for easy clean up
- Follow instructions on bacon packaging
      - Preheat oven to 400F
      - Lay out bacon on baking sheet no overlapping
      - Cook 15-20 minutes or desired crispness
- Before placing bacon in the oven sprinkle light or dark brown sugar over the top, I used light as it was all we had in our kitchen
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until desired crispness we like ours crispy

Sausage link in photo is Jimmy Dean pre cooked link that was browned on the stove (SO GOOD)