French toast recipe
Ever once in a while I get a hankering for some French toast and I can’t help but turn to this classic French toast recipe!
Is this the best French toast recipe?
I think it is, the flavors are soft and subtle, so if you want some yogurt, nut butter or jam on your French toast this recipe accommodates all of them.
While I am sure everyone has there preference for whatever addition they like to the mix, I can’t help but love this one with some thick slices of bread.
How many eggs should I have in my egg mixture?
I usually use 2 eggs in the mixture, but when I am feeling like having more of a egg taste, I add another one to expand on the egg flavor.
The problem with adding more eggs to the mixture is that it will take longer to cook. And the bread usually has one side at least that is mostly just egg when adding more than three eggs.
What kind of bread should I use?
The best bread for French toast is sourdough bread, when it gets stale it works great to soak up so much of the egg mixture. With an thick taste that delicious sourdough bread it makes all of the normal toppings taste that much better!
But be careful though, old sourdough will absorb a lot of the mixture much faster than you would expect, and the bread slice will take much longer to cook than normal.
What about using other breads?
Normal white bread works fine too, especially if it is a few days old. I have tried French bread as well, it works as a great bread making smaller puck sized slices of bread.
The main component is that it is stale bread slices. After that it will likely work fine as long as the bread doesn’t have strong spices baked into it.
Even everyday sandwich bread works fine, just be careful though, sandwich bread is usually thinner so you have to only dip it for at most 2-3 seconds on each side so it doesn’t to much of the mixture and take too long to cook.
What about fresh bread though?
Fresh bread will likely not soak up as much of the mixture when you use it.
This doesn’t mean you can’t be careful in how long you dip the bread, it will likely still soak up the mixture relatively quickly and become an egg bread in short order as well. But it usually has more moisture in it so it will take longer for it to become that egg bread kind of French toast.
What about using thinner breads?
While thin breads make French toast just as good, I find they don’t absorb as much of the mixture as thicker ones, leading to them not as much of the spices and delicious French toast flavors that thicker one have.
It does make for an easier French toast though due to the bread absorbing much less and being a much shorter cooking time due to that.
But I can’t help but love have thick stale bread slices that absorb so much of the spices and flavors of the mixture that I can’t help but use thick slices Ala Texas toast style bread.
What if the bread is only slightly stale?
This should work just fine, but still keep a close eye on how long you dip the bread.
What about making a thicker batter?
Using less milk or adding more dry ingredients like powdered sugar, brown sugar, more ground cinnamon, granulated sugar or even diced chocolate chips can add that much more flavor. While that is always an option, I can’t help but think I would need thinner than Texas toast style cuts to make it work.
Due to the batter being so thick the bread would need that much longer to soak (Which would still ad more cook time to each bread slice) Or thinner bread. Both make for great French toast recipes but I am still more on the Texas toast style thick bread side of this one.
What if I want to add a bunch more flavor to the recipe?
My suggestion would be to add a bunch more ground cinnamon, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, or even ground nutmeg with instead of normal milk you use heavy cream. Then that would be very some strong French toast, which would only need at most some melted butter on top to complete the flavor explosion anyone would experience from eating it.
For everyday consumption that might be a bit too much. But every once in a while a little bit of experimentation and time you might come up with one of the best French toast recipe!
What if I over soak the bread?
Try to only let the bread soak up the mixture for only a few seconds on each side, this will ensure that it won’t take that long to cook.
If you do let the bread soak up to much, you might have to leave it on the cooking surface for twice to maybe three times as long compared to a normal one. Just so the French toast is fully cooked to be sure, make sure to flip it regularly and add some more butter to allow the French toast to not stick to the cooking surface.
If you do leave one in the mixture for too long it is fine, because that one will have that much more flavor than all the other ones, but it might be under cooked since there is likely a lot more egg in that slice of bread. So just be a little bit careful.
What milk can be used for this French toast recipe?
This recipe calls for whole milk, while higher fat milk will add a richness to the flavor of the French toast. Heavy milk is when you really want a tasty rich flavor.
Dairy free French toast
You can use dairy substitutes just fine, like almond milk, coconut milk or oat milk just fine. It might taste slightly different base on the milk you do use, but it should be only slightly at most.
Ingredients
2 Eggs
1 Cup of milk
1/4 Teaspoon of salt
1/4 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract
1/4 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon of Maple Syrup
6 slices of bread
Butter
Directions
Step 1
Preheat the griddle or flying pan on medium heat, try to specifically use a non-stick version of either. Prepare butter to be used before
Add the eggs, milk, salt, vanilla extract cinnamon and maple syrup in a flat bottomed dish that is wide enough to properly drench the toast in the egg mixture. Whisk together the ingredients.
Step 2
Put some butter on the frying pan or griddle and dip bread slices in the mixture for only about 4 seconds a side. Place the freshly soaked bread on the cooking surface and cook until golden brown on each side.
This should only take around three minutes to cook.
Step 3
Serve immediately or keep warm in a toaster oven until ready to serve.
Try to serve not long after cooked, French toast is much better when it is served warm.
Now that you have a delicious breakfast, what are the possible topping you can put on it!
What topping to have with the Great recipe you just made?
I am glad you asked!
My favorites are peanut butter, melted butter with some maple syrup.
I have seen my family have whipped cream, powdered sugar all kinds of jam and even yogurt on top. So there really isn’t much you can’t put on top of French toast!
I can’t eat all of the food this easy French toast recipe made, so what do I do with it all?!
There are two ways to store French toast. One is to put it in the fridge where it will last 2-3 three days
The other option is to Freeze French toast
Put the French toast after it has completely cooled separate them with a small piece of parchment paper in between the slices of French toast so it will be easy to cook them later. Now place them in small plastic bags and close them up after you have gotten most of the air out of them.
They last up to three months in the freezer.
Reheating the frozen French toast
A toaster oven or air fryer works perfect for reheating a few slices of Frozen French toast.
