French Toast Pigs in a Blanket

By boscobojo

Ingredients

• 12 pork breakfast sausage links (about 14 oz.)
• 6 large eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
• Pinch of kosher salt
• 12 slices potato bread or country white bread
• 4 Tbl. unsalted butter
• Confectioners' sugar, for topping
• Maple syrup, for dipping

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange the sausages on the baking sheet and bake until lightly browned and coked through, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside; reduce the oven temperature to 200 degrees.

Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, milk, granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl. Trim each slice of bread into a 2-by-4 inch rectangle, then flatten slightly with your fingertips. Starting at a short end, roll each piece of bread around a sausage, pressing firmly to seal. Transfer to the bowl with the egg mixture and soak 5 minutes.

Melt 2 Tbl. butter in a large nonstick skillet oven medium heat. When it begin to brown and foam, add 6 of the bread-wrapped sausages and cook, turning occasionally, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Wipe out the skillet, add the remaining 2 Tbl. butter and repeat with the remaining 6 sausages. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve with maple syrup.