French Toast Sticks with Homemade Bread

Ingredients
Oven Baked Bread Recipe
6 large Eggs
3/4 cup Milk
1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar (optional)

Preheat Oven 400º
First make oven baked bread, let bread cool; I made bread the day before .

Slice bread then cut each slice into strips; I sliced mine into 3 strips. (If you like you can cut off the crust)

Combine the above ingredients, blend with fork.
Place each bread strip into mixture, make sure to coat them completely with egg mixture.

Place strips on pan heavily sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake in oven for 8 minutes at 400º, turn strip over and bake for additional 3-5 minutes, until nicely golden brown.

Let cool on pan; then flash freeze. Store in ziploc bags.
Reheat in oven for a quick breakfast.

Oven Baked Bread

Ingredients

2 1/4 tsp Yeast
2 1/4 cup Warm Water
3 tsp Sugar (divided)
2 tsp Salt
6 cups Flour

Preheat oven to 350º

In a large bowl dissolve yeast and 1 tsp sugar in 1/4 warm water. Let this stand for 10 minutes.
Combine salt, remaining sugar and water; add this to the yeast mixture.
Add 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth.
Add enough flour to make a soft dough (I do this 1/2 a cup at a time)
Knead until smooth and elastic; about 6-8 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled about 1 hour.
Punch down dough; shape into 2 loaves.
Place in loaf pan, cover and let rise 1 hour.
Bake for 35-40 minutes at 350º

Yield: 2 loaves

use this recipe with French Toast Sticks