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| Categories: | Breakfast, Brunch, Late Night Snack |
| Servings: | 4 bread slices |
| Time: | – Preparation: 10 minutes – Cooking: 10 minutes |
| Equipment: | Cutting board and bread knife, measuring cups and spoons, medium mixing bowl, whisk, large skillet |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
Ingredients:
- 4 – 1”thick slices of French bread loaf
- 2 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Tbs butter, more as needed
Procedure:
- Cut four 1” slices of French bread with bread knife.
- In a medium mixing bowl add eggs, milk, and remaining ingredients, except butter. Whisk together thoroughly.
- Over medium low-heat, heat butter in skillet or griddle.
- Soak a slice of bread in the egg-milk mixture and place on skillet; repeat until skillet is full.
- Brown both sides of soaked French bread.
- Serve on plates, usually two slices per person, with toppings as desired.
Advanced Preparation:
Tips, Notes, and Variations:
- The goal is to get both sides of the French toast nicely browned, while making sure the center is cooked. Using excessive heat can scorch the outside of the toast while leaving the inside undercooked.
- French toast toppings: French toast is often served with toppings similar to those used for pancakes, waffles, and toast. Suggested toppings are:
- real maple syrup, table syrup
- butter
- jam, jelly, fruit syrup
- fresh fruit
- whipped cream
- powdered sugar
- nuts
- honey
Variations:
I love a late night snack of French Toast Triangles with an assortment of topping “dips”. The problem of course is late night snacks are best with none or little preparation. So how to freeze like you can buy in the grocery store? Here’s my solution:
- Tear off a slice of plastic wrap and place it over a medium sized plate.
- Soak bread slices as described above.
- Place on plastic wrap and fold up individual French toast. Repeat process for remaining bread slices.
- Freeze until ready to heat up in skillet & snack on late night.
- When ready, preheat skillet at medium-low heat.
- Add a little butter or oil and frozen French Toast slices.
- Grill each side of toast till golden brown (8-10 minutes per side)
