hi I'm Mike and I'm Erin and today we're doing things just a little bit different
as I'm gonna head back into the house and make some breakfast and Erin is
gonna go out and feed the cows this sound like planned yeah you sound so
excited well see how it goes alright I expect something good for breakfast
that's debatable all right I'm gonna head back inside the house Aaron's gonna
go feed the cows you're gonna need a knife okay you've got your gloves you're
all set I think I'm good to go all right stick around for this wacky weekend on
our Wyoming life
welcome back to our Wyoming life each video here we get a chance to bring you
along in our life on a Wyoming ranch each day is different we can be out
saving a calves life and the very next day we can be fixing broken fence but
one thing that stays constant is us our family and how important that is in our
life today we're gonna have a little bit of fun kind of out of our comfort zones
why well because we can and it's good to do every once in a while as Aaron gets
ready to head out I'm gonna take you back just a little bit to yesterday I
had this whole thing planned and Aaron didn't know about it until this morning
but yesterday I went and picked up the kids from school and then we went to the
store to get supplies
why is it so hot in here
all right you guys ready to go to the store okay today for breakfast
I'm making a baked french toast casserole I love french toast and so do
the kids so I figured this was something that we could have a little bit of fun
with I'm gonna put the recipe down in the description if you'd like to try it
yourself and it's pretty simple the hardest part might be taking a five
year old of a seven-year-old to the grocery store as luck would have it
we're expecting a small storm to roll through this weekend and that means the
store is busy but it doesn't take long to get in and out with our very few
ingredients we need to knock this out and no cookies aren't part of the recipe
but they do make kids happy after getting home and unloading I think Aaron
knows I'm up to something and the next morning after getting Aaron all set up
and ready to go feed it's back to the house to get started here's a weird fact
November 28th is national french toast day we missed it by a couple of days oh
well we're gonna get started with some French bread we're gonna toast it in the
oven to dry it out a little bit so that it's ready to soak up all the custard
the oven is heated at 200 degrees and the bread is sliced easy enough so far
but I wonder how Aaron's doing
wait
all the cows are in my way
back in the kitchen I'm baking at the store and looking for at nine by 13
baking pan and greasing it up with that mission accomplished it's time to make
the custard for the French Toast Casserole then goes six farm-fresh eggs
2 cups of milk 1/2 a cup of half-and-half 1/2 a cup of sugar and I'm
doing great next up we have to find the vanilla and
the cinnamon 1 tablespoon of vanilla goes in and a teaspoon of the
hard-to-find cinnamon then whisk and it looks like the eggs aren't the only
thing getting beaten up out here
awesome bumpy Oh
all right so I don't know what I'm supposed to be what kind of hate so
we're just gonna get two bills from over here now my loader skills are not that
good
Hey look at that they've got a bail
maybe wasn't the best spot to go down in the ditch
little Steve all right
we're rollin with our bread toasted dry then it's time to cut it up into cubes
and turn this French bread into french toast that is all placed into our 9 by
13 baking pan and then the custard is poured over and allowed to soak in while
we make the topping the cover for drape for 2 hours or overnight this has turned
out well was refrigerated for several hours overnight or baking immediately we
don't have two hours Erin's gonna be back we're going for it brown sugar
flour more cinnamon and cold butter are involved but first we have to find
measuring cups most of which the labels have worn off of so I don't know what
size they are note to self get Erin some measuring cups for Christmas now the
recipe says to use a fork to blend this mixture but that's just ridiculous
we could use a paint mixer and I'm not sure that would get the job done there
has to be something in here that'll work better and I'm not quite sure what this
thing is but it does the job the mixture is then spread over the casserole a foil
cover is added for the first stage of baking and into the oven it goes oh oh
crap here comes the Welcome house
supposed to snow
Jori breakfast
oh gosh shut you back this tractor into the shot
I'm super crooked this ain't gonna work finally
No
hi I was feeding I made it I did it no nothing broke I didn't run into
anything and they're eating I figured out a smoke for a thing oh did you find
to find she doesn't have to make like crumb stuff oh ok I have to like smoosh
it with this I think it's like a potato masher but it works it's not it's for
making my crimped like that little like it's got little wire not wires but like
cutters good oh can you smell anything yeah it smells good yeah how'd it go
like any melt 20 minutes after going in the oven out it comes completing stage
one and back in it goes this time topless for another 25 minutes as the
kids get to setting the table some sausages put on
and the main course is soon ready instructions say that if it Wiggles it's
not done if it's wiggling we're not eating it
you're welcome thank you for feeding the cows look at all the hay and mommy's
hair I just know
every day on the ranch is different and I encourage you to step out of your
comfort zone cooking well it's not really my thing
just as I know that Aaron may not really enjoy feeding the cows but part of doing
this is the team that we create as a family between Aaron and I we have to
have each other's backs if Aaron gets sick I better be able to take vegetables
to market and the cows don't care much if I can't go out and feed they still
expect to be fed no matter who's doing it today it was a fun experiment but I
still have more chores to do Aaron may have knocked out the feeding
but water still need checked pigs need fed and watered and the list goes on and
on thanks for coming along with us today and I thank you for exploring the ranch
life with us and escaping the ordinary the French Toast Casserole was well it
was surprisingly good I'm sure we'll do it again although next time it'll
probably be Aaron making it and adding her own special Spanish yearly does with
recipes and I'll probably be out feeding the cows while she does it if you like
what you see please like and subscribe we have more videos on the way three
times per week and there's a lot more in store from the ranch the family and how
it all ties together I will see you again on Tuesday for the project list
hopefully we have some decent weather on the way there's a lot to get done but
until then have a great week and thanks for joining us in our Wyoming life