Pumpkin French Toast Roll-ups

By garciamoss

Pumpkin French Toast Roll-ups are a fun and easy treat to satisfy any cinnamon or pumpkin craving - at least for awhile:-)

Ingredients

• 1 loaf square white bread. Sara Lee White Bread has the perfect texture
• 1 small can Libby's Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix – *see notes
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (optional)
• 4 ounces Cream Cheese
• 2 eggs -
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup Cinnamon Sugar
• Oil & butter for frying - *see notes
• Powdered (or confectioners sugar) for dusting the roll-ups

Preparation

Step 1

Cut the crust off of each bread slice.
Roll each slice of bread flat.
/4 in from one end of the bread, spread a thin layer of cream cheese 1-inch wide across the width of the bread.
Spread 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie mix over the cream cheese.
Starting at the end with the pumpkin & cream cheese, roll the bread tightly into a cigar shape. Set aside until the butter/oil is hot and the egg mixture is ready.
In a shallow bowl, combine eggs, milk and vanilla - whisk until well combined.
Place the oil or butter (or both) in the skillet and bring to a medium-high heat, but not hot enough for the butter to burn.
Dip each roll-up into the milk/egg mixture, then place seam-down in the hot skillet. Cook 5-6 roll-ups at one time.
Let the roll-ups cook on one side then turn as needed until all sides are cooked.
Remove from the skillet and immediately roll in cinnamon-sugar.
Enjoy!

Notes
*There are several ways to cook roll-ups. I used a mixture of oil and melted butter and enough to come about ¼ way up the roll-ups so the result was more like cooking do-nuts. The second way is to fry them in butter - more similar to cooking French Toast - add more butter as needed. The third way is to bake them, but I did not like the result as well (of course).
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*If Libby's Easy Pumpkin Pie Mix (the kind with the pie spices already mixed in) can't be found, use Libby's 100% Pumpkin and add spices as if for making pumpkin pie - check the recipe on the back of the can.