How do you make French Toast your own?

A basic French Toast recipe calls for eggs, milk, bread, butter. You beat the eggs in a bowl, stir in some milk, dip the bread slices into the mixture, transfer the soaked bread to a heated, buttered pan and toast till golden brown. It’s delicious served this way. How else can you spice it up? How else do you make it your own? Here are some ideas to make French Toast more interesting:

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1. Bake it. Cook in an oven instead of the stove top.
2. Add other ingredients to the egg-milk mixture like vanilla, cinnamon, nuts (almonds are good!), honey, brown sugar, orange juice, nutmeg. Not all at the same time. But hey, why not? Give it a whirl!
3. Soak the bread in the mixture overnight, then bake the next day.
4. Use half-and-half instead of milk.
5. Stir mashed fruits into the egg-milk mixture. Bananas are good! Berries too.
6. Deep-fry instead of toasting in a pan.
7. Create shapes with your bread slices before dipping them into the egg-milk mix. Try hearts, stars, circles. Use cookie cutters for patterns.
8. Cook French Toast sticks. Simply slice bread lengthwise and dip the sticks into egg-milk mix.
9. Smear peanut butter, Nutella or jelly on one slice of bread. Top with another slice of bread. Then dip into the egg-milk mix.
10. For thick slices of bread (ex. baguettes), cut a slit to form a pocket and stuff with cheese or fruits before dipping into the egg-milk mix.

How else can you make French Toast your own?