Snowy Trip to the Eastern Sierras; Mammoth Mountain and Hawaiian Bread French Toast

I recently took a four day trip to the beautiful Eastern Sierras, wherein lies Mammoth Mountain.  Normally my family and I have a traditional summer vacation to this area around my birthday; we enjoy eachother’s company in the breathtaking surroundings of fresh clean air, high altitude, and fishing in the sunshine. This trip was exceptionally different. I’m not much of a snow person–growing up my whole life in the sunshine makes the snow a very unusual experience for me. As we found ourselves in the biggest storm of the season so far, I found myself taken aback with interesting  incidents such as digging the car out of a couple feet of snow, putting chains on tires, layering clothes until the point of suffocation and also, just being too warm and comfy inside to even want to venture outside.  I enjoyed the beautiful snow escape wonderland for the time that we were there: cooking, laughing, and enjoying company with my brother and sister-in-law.

Hawaiian Bread French Toast

4 large eggs, beaten

½ cup milk

2 teaspoons water

1 tablespoon brown sugar

10-15 Hawaiian Sweet Rolls cut in half

Butter for cooking

Crack eggs in one bowl and beat together well.

Combine water and milk together in separate bowl. Then dissolve brown sugar in mixture until there are no large clumps.

Combine water/milk mixture to eggs and incorporate well.

In a medium-sized non-stick pan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat, making sure not to scorch the butter.

Dip bread into mixture, coating on both sides. Do not let the bread sit in the egg wash, otherwise they will be too soggy.

Place bread in one by one and into warmed pan and cook about 3-4 minutes per side until golden.

Repeat with the rest of the rolls.

Keep French toast in the oven at 350 degrees to keep warm until all are ready to serve.

Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top and serve.

 

Sometimes the simplest things are the ones we remember best. Stay tuned for more Mammoth snow adventures.

Cheers

-Unrivaledkitch