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How to Turn Hot Dog Buns Into French Toast Sticks

January 26, 2009 /

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with your leftover hot dog buns, we’ve got the answer.  Make them into delicious french toast sticks!

Lonely hot dog buns – you know, the ones that don’t get used on hot dog night and sit in a bag on top of the microwave for a few days until they start to get hard? I thought so, we have them too!  While they don’t have to be lonely anymore!  This trick may even have you buying extra bags of hot dog buns just for this great recipe.

How to Turn Old Hot Dog Buns into French Toast Sticks

Step 1. Mix up your favorite ingredients for French toast. (Our favorite mixture is made up of eggs, milk, and vanilla extract.)
Step 2.  Split the hot dog buns by removing the tops from the bottoms so they are no longer connected.
Step 3.  Cut each half of hot dog bun into three pieces lengthwise.  This will give you six skinny bread sticks per hot dog bun.
Step 4.  Spray either a griddle or frying pan with nonstick cooking spray and warm up over medium-high heat.
Step 5.  Dip each stick in your egg mixture, then place on the griddle or in the pan.
Step 6.  Cook normally as you would cook regular French toast pieces, making sure to turn every few minutes so that all sides are cooked evenly.
Step 7.  Remove from the pan once cooked completely. Lightly butter each french toast stick.
Step 8.  Repeat until all bread pieces have been cooked.
Step 9.  You can top with powdered sugar or just serve sticks with a small bowl of maple syrup for dipping.  Enjoy!
And there you have it!  Wonderful french toast sticks that didn’t come from a drive-thru or box of frozen store-bought french toast sticks  in your freezer.  Your kids will love dipping these creations, and they’re even perfect for an on-the-go, in-the-car, breakfast on the run.  Old hot dog buns can also make great bread sticks if you’d rather use them as a side with a dinner meal.

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13 Comments

  • Michael

    January 27, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Great idea!
    I use bread that’s dried out (or the heels of the loaf that nobody wants to eat) by “food processing” it into bread crumbs to be for a “homemade shake-n-bake” or used as filler in a meatloaf or hamburger patties.
    Does anyone know if you could chop them up and make them into croutons? or would it be better to make croutons out of fresh bread. something tells me that “old, dry bread/buns + light olive oil + italian seasoning + baking at 375F for about 7 minutes” would equal “croutons”
    Anyway – thanks for the french toast tip!

  • Shynea

    January 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    We definitely have the hard hot dog buns. But instead of being on top of the microwave, they are on top of our refrigerator. I am going to have to try this out. This is a lot cheaper to make then buying a box of the french toast sticks. Thank you for the idea.

  • Home Ever After

    January 27, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    @Happy Housewife – Thanks! My weakness is toaster waffles, but I will still only buy those when they’re on sale AND I have a coupon AND they’re almost free! lol
    Barbi

  • Home Ever After

    January 27, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    @Michael: Great idea for bread crumbs. It’s painful to throw away hardened bakery items, and if you can find alternative uses for them to save them from the trash- all the better! Not sure about the croutons; perhaps we have a crouton specialist out there reading?
    Barbi

  • Dana

    January 28, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Great idea! Another way to use up old bread products is a bread pudding. I have an easy microwavable recipe on my blog, if you’re interested.
    I’ll be trying your french toast sticks soon, though!
    ~Dana

  • Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free

    February 7, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    I’ve been dying to try these, just haven’t had any lonely hot dog buns!!
    And, Michael, yes you can make croutons out of hot dog buns or any leftover bread. As a matter of fact I save all the heels off my bread and stick it in the freezer until I have enough to make either bread crumbs for croutons out of. Nice way to use up stuff!
    Thanks for the idea, Homemaker Barbi!

    • Danelle Ice

      November 27, 2012 at 2:42 pm

      I have never tried freezing them! If you try it, please leave a comment and let everybody know if they were still good or if they got degraded in the process. Thanks!
      Danelle