Since this series began in January 2018 there have been over 1200 Posts from Your Archives where bloggers have taken the opportunity to share posts to a new audience…
The topics have ranged from travel, childhood, recipes, history, family and the most recent series was #PotLuck where I shared a random selection of different topics.
This series is along the same lines and is a celebration of Christmas and New Year.
I do appreciate that this is not a religious festival for everyone but it is a time of year when families and friends come together and our thoughts turn to our hopes and wishes for the coming year. At the end of the post you can find out how to participate in this festive series.
Today Best Selling USA Today author Jacquie Biggar shares a fabulous recipe that is bound to please family and friends over Christmas.
Cooking up Memories- EggNog French Toast by Jacquie Biggar
Happy Holidays!
Growing up, Christmas for our family often meant trips to Wilmore Park for a day of tobogganing with our cousins, hot cocoa and shortbread cookies with our grandparents, and… Christmas morning gift opening!
My tree in Alberta
Years later, after my dad passed away, DH (darling hubby) and I slowly took over the Christmas Day festivities. One of the things my brothers and daughter looked forward to was a big holiday breakfast.
I was lucky enough to have the use of an industrial kitchen (my restaurant) and would prepare platters of bacon, sausage, and ham the day before. Then, Christmas morning, while the meat was warming in the oven, I cooked up pancakes, eggs, toast, vats of coffee 🙂 and waited for the hordes to arrive.
Our house in Alberta
One of the family favorites was Eggnog French Toast. It’s easy and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 dozen lrg. eggs
- 1 litre eggnog
- 2 loaves of bread (French loaf works well)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Heat skillet med/hot with a dash of olive oil.
- Mix eggs, eggnog, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth.
- Dunk bread in mixture to evenly coat, then add to hot pan.
- Flip after a couple of minutes and remove when golden brown.
- Repeat process until you have enough for your family.
Hint
I average approx 1 egg for 2 slices of bread and cook 4 slices for the men. You can easily suit this to your needs.
Enjoy!
©Jacquie Biggar
My thanks to Jacquie for sharing this amazing recipe and I love French Toast but had never thought to add eggnog… until now.
About Jacquie Biggar
Jacquie Biggar is a USA Today bestselling author of romance who loves to write about tough, alpha males and strong, contemporary women willing to show their men that true power comes from love. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and loves to hear from readers all over the world!
In her own words:
“My name is Jacquie Biggar. When I’m not acting like a total klutz, I am a wife, mother of one, grandmother, and a butler to my calico cat.
My guilty pleasure are reality tv shows like Amazing Race and The Voice. I can be found every Monday night in my armchair plastered to the television laughing at Blake’s shenanigans.
I love to hang at the beach with DH (darling hubby) taking pictures or reading romance novels (what else?).
I have a slight Tim Hortons obsession, enjoy gardening, everything pink and talking to my friends.”
A very small selection of Jacquie’s books
One of the reviews for Mistletoe Inn
Molly McCarty and her son’s journey to (and at) the Mistletoe Inn is sweet and supremely satisfying! Noah Kincaid is a captivating romantic hero. A loner with scars from a difficult past, he deserves a love as perfect as his Inn and the town of Christmas. Beautifully written with many memorable lines, this one was my favorite: “there’s peace to be found in a wind’s soft sigh, the sweet song of a robin, and gentle sway of the trees—Heaven’s cathedrals.” Mistletoe Inn is a perfect read for Christmas or any time of year – like February when I read it, all the time wishing I was a guest at the Mistletoe Inn.
Read the reviews and buy the books: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – Follow Jacquie : Goodreads – website: Jacquie Biggar – Twitter: @jacqbiggar
About Jacquie Biggar
Jacquie Biggar is a USA Today bestselling author of romance who loves to write about tough, alpha males and strong, contemporary women willing to show their men that true power comes from love. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and loves to hear from readers all over the world!
In her own words:
“My name is Jacquie Biggar. When I’m not acting like a total klutz, I am a wife, mother of one, grandmother, and a butler to my calico cat.
My guilty pleasure are reality tv shows like Amazing Race and The Voice. I can be found every Monday night in my armchair plastered to the television laughing at Blake’s shenanigans.
I love to hang at the beach with DH (darling hubby) taking pictures or reading romance novels (what else?).
I have a slight Tim Hortons obsession, enjoy gardening, everything pink and talking to my friends.”
Thanks for dropping in today and I am sure like me you will be eager to try out this amazing recipe.
Excellent recipe, Jacquie. I could almost smell the bacon, French toast, coffee, and syrup. Thanks, Sally
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Now I’m hungry, lol. Thanks, John 🙂
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Ha ha ha
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Lol John and now I am hungry too.. enjoy your weekend.. hugsx
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You as well, Sally
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Fantastic, Jacquie – what a great way to start Christmas Day. Toni x
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I forgot to mention how many times I set off the smoke alarm- lots! lol
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Definitely Toni…great way to start the day ♥
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Thanks for sharing my holiday recipe, Sally.
Merry Christmas!
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My pleasure Jacquie and have a wonderful Christmas ♥
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I add eggnog to everything possible! Merry Christmas Jacquie & Sally 👼🌟🦌🔔🎄
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Lol.. good idea Cindy ♥♥
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I just added it to my Kahlua this evening 🙂
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Awesome tradition! I seriously am going to try the egg nog french toast recipe—something I’ve never had.
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It’s delicious, Pete 🙂
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Egg Nog toast sounds interesting.
A great start to the day and certainly a great start for the decending hoards.
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Definitely Sue it sounds delicious..♥
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Eggnog has many of the same spices I traditionally use in French Toast, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla. That’s what gave me the idea to give it a try 🙂
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Today. 17th December we are celebrating our Christmas (Santa hasn’t been yet) ,but we will enjoy a Christmas Dinner together before Alexander flies off to Ireland.
Hopefully a second celebration on his return on the 27th when I think Santa might have been.?
Adapting to changes.
Happy Christmas everyone
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Have a lovely day Sue and dates don’t matter to Alexander at his age and he will have so much to tell you when he comes home and he gets to have lots of special days.. ♥♥
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Indeed it was a lovely visit and boy does he enjoy his full turkey dinner.
At least next time there might even be a few presents that will have arrived and he won’t have to worry about breaking Nanny’s Lego… (He’s very gentle and careful with the Lego when he’s not over-excited to show mummy and daddy)
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Delighted you had such a lovely time Sue.. the weather has turned here … gales and wet so not likely to have a white Christmas.. not sure where they will be but he will be excited to tell you all about it when he gets back.. ♥
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Alexander’s off to Lisburn Norther Ireland.
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Likely to be colder there then.. the have had a lot of snow this last week.. we are down on the Wexford coast and it is milder…♥
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Enjoy your family get-together, Sue.
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We did thank you.
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That eggnog French toast recipe looks really good!!
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It does Liz and I am going to test that out over the holidays…xx
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Excellent with fresh, or frozen, berries and cream!
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Yum!
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This recipe looks so good! Thanks for sharing, Jacquie and Sally.
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Thanks Darlene ..hugsx
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It fits right into my five ingredients or less cooking motto, Darlene, lol
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That platter of french toast with fruit looks delectable, Jacquie. Using eggnog is a fabulous idea. I’ll bet it was a huge hit. Thanks for the recipe. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas, and I hope you enjoy the treat again this year. Great share, Sally, and wonderful timing. 🙂
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Thanks Diana.. and a plate of that right now would be most welcome. ♥
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Oh, I agree!
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A few of my restaurant patrons asked about the lack of rum, lol, but most enjoyed it 🙂
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I actually made your recipe yesterday, Jacquie. What a huge treat that was. I wish I’d thought of the rum! Lol. Happy Holidays, my friend.
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Oh, yay! I’m glad you tried it, and yes, everything is better with rum, lol
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A lovely tradition, and I hope everyone helped with the cleanup!
The French toast look really delicious, and memorable!
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I’ll say yes, they did, but my head is shaking no, lol
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Sounds about right! 🙃
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This is an awesome holiday recipe that I can’t wait to try! I bet everyone loved it!
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I am sure they did Kymber.. and I am sure you will too.. hugs x
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hugs, Sally xo
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So easy, too. You don’t need to add eggs or anything!
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Hi Jacqui, this all sounds delicious. I’ve never heard of eggnog French toast before, Michael would love it.
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It sounds delicious.. ♥
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I made eggnog cheesecake for the restaurant and then got carried away with other recipes, as well, lol
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😋
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What a lovely Christmas post. And Jacquie’s kitchen sounds fabulous. Love the eggnog French toast – whoda thunk? 🙂 ❤
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It tastes amazing… and so tempting.. thanks Debby ♥
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❤
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Anything warm and welcoming with all of our snow! lol
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I hear you girl! 🙂 x
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Thanks Michael…hugsx
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Thanks for the share, my friend!
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Wow, it seems i had missed this very interesting recipe. I honestly never before have eaten such a toast. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will give it to my kitchen staff, to reproduce it as their skills allow. Lol Have a Happy Christmas, Jacquie! hugsx Michael
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I am sure you won’t be disappointed Michael and the recipe is straightforward and I am sure your kitchen staff will have not problem making the dish at all…hugsxx
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Awesome, Michael. Let me know what you think 🙂
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That looks, sounds -and I’m sure – tastes wonderful! Great recipe and one that’s easy-going so that the cook gets to enjoy Christmas morning, too! ♥♥
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Sounds like a delicious twist to french toast! I’ll have to give it a try. This was a great one to share from Jacquie’s archives, Sally! Congrats to Jacquie!
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Thanks Jan and I am certainly going to try over Christmas.. ♥
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