FRENCH TOAST
French Toast is an easy to make, delicious, rich, fluffy breakfast made from eggs, milk, thick slices of bread, cinnamon and served with a generous drizzle of maple syrup. Add some fruit of your choice.
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread thick
- 4 large egg
- ¼ cup fresh cream
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/8 tsp pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp butter
- 4 tsp oil
TO SERVE
- some maple syrup
- fresh fruits
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 135ºC.
- For a nice non soggy crunchy French toast, leave the slices of bread at room temperature. Arrange the slices on a tray and leave it open for an hour if the bread is too soft.
- Whisk milk, cream, eggs, sugar, salt, vanilla essence and cinnamon powder together in a large flat bowl or dish.
- Heat the pan over medium heat.
- Add about 1 tbsp butter and 1 tsp oil. The oil prevents the butter from burning.
- Dip the bread in the egg mixture. Wait for 15-20 seconds. Turn it over. Wait for another 15 seconds.
- Remove from the egg mixture and put it in the hot pan.
- Let it cook till it becomes golden brown.
- Flip it over and cook the other side.Generally 2-3 minutes on each side is good.
- Transfer the French Toast to a tray with a wire rack over it.
- Put it in the oven so that it stays warm.
- Repeat the above steps with the remaining slices of bread.
- 1 tbsp butter is usually enough to cook 2 slices of bread.
- However, add more as and when required.
- Serve hot French toast with maple syrup and fresh fruit of your choice.
- Other options are honey, whipped cream, nuts, fruit compote, jam, nut butters, etc.
Notes
- Remember to dry the bread or use stale bread.
- Don't soak the bread for too long in the egg mixture otherwise it will be all soggy.
- Add spices of your choice e.g. pumpkin pie, apple pie spice mixtures.
- Important to allow the French Toast to stay warm in the oven. It also helps the egg custard to set.
- Don't cook the French Toast over high heat. It will brown quickly, but remain raw inside.