Hawaiian Roll Stuffed French Toast

I saw online a recipe for French toast using Hawaiian Sweet Rolls.  But the store didn't have any. They did have the savory butter roll variety, so I grabbed those.  I had a plan to make some ham and cheese sliders, but I needed to find something to use up the rest of the rolls.  So French toast it is.

When I went back to the internet I couldn't find the recipe.  Oh, there are a lot of recipes with Hawaiian rolls, but not the one I had seen earlier.  So I just invented it, while trying to remember most of what I had seen.  These turned out good, so I can recommend them.

This recipe is for two people. I had left over egg mixture so I could have soaked more of the Hawaiian Rolls and fed more people.

Hawaiian Rolls Stuffed French Toast

3 eggs

2 Tablespoon brown sugar and cinnamon Philadelphia cream cheese, or sweet flavor of your choice.  I originally looked for the strawberry version, but saw the new brown sugar and cinnamon version and went with that.  Use more filling if you like.

1/3 cup dairy, I used a mix of milk and half and half

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 Tablespoon sugar

6 Hawaiian Rolls of your choice, don't separate them

oil for cooking

Place the eggs, dairy, cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar in a medium bowl and whisk briskly.

Cut through the middle of the group of Hawaiian rolls and take off the tops.  

Spread a layer of flavored cream cheese on the bottom section. 

Replace the top and then divide each individual roll.

I used an electric griddle, but this can be done in a sauté pan.  

I wanted to cook them all at once and I wasn't sure I could fit all six in one pan.

While heating up the griddle, soak all sides of the rolls in the egg mixture.  Leave them in long enough to soak up a lot of the egg mixture.  You will have plenty and some left over.

Heat some oil on the griddle.  Using tongs, place the egg soaked rolls on the hot oil. Use the tongs gently so you don't smash the pillowy puffs.

Brown all sides of the rolls. 

Plate the French toast puffs and serve with powdered sugar or syrup.  Or both!

I served them with baked bacon, 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, and orange wedges.

These pillowy soft French toast bundles were delicious.  The creamy center added a nice surprise when you bit into the center. Give them a try!