Easy french toast recipe is a must-have recipe. This is the kind of breakfast that you would get up and crave every Sunday morning with a nice cuppa. This is the only and best french toast recipe you will need and trust me you will be having this every weekend.
is french toast french?
Who invented french toast? Would you believe it if I told you this is definitely not french hahahahhah although the name suggests? of course there are versions of french toast in so many countries and the French have a version called pain perdu but this was actually an invention of Joseph French and he wanted to name this dish after his name French and wanted to call it French’s toast but forgot the apostrophe and then it became french toast. What a funny story hahahhahah
classic french toast recipe
This recipe is an easy french toast recipe that is quick. Make this french toast recipe for 1 or 2 or even for the whole family.
When I was a chef in 5-star hotels and running breakfast shifts. French toast was a must-have dish for breakfast. Different hotels made french toast differently and different types of bread were used and it is a very versatile dish. There is always cinnamon added into the mixture to give that oomph of flavour which also makes it a cinnamon french toast recipe. But if you want the cinnamon to be more prominent then increase the cinnamon and dust it with cinnamon sugar on the top when serving YUMMMM. Oh my god, I am salivating now.
french toast ingredients
Bread: I am using white brioche bread, but you can use any type of bread I have given a list of bread that can be used further down the article.
Cinnamon: This will give extra flavour and oomph, you can also add any type of flavouring such as orange, almond extract anything you wish
Vanilla: Vanilla flavour is always a good contributor to flavour
Milk: Fresh milk
Sugar: You can increase or decrease sugar as you like. Since I serve it with maple syrup and dust with icing sugar I have ket the sugar level to the minimum
Eggs: It is important to use egg in this recipe, this is what makes the whole mixture a batter that gives a nice coasting
How To Make French Toast
It is so simple to make french toast, just make the batter by whisking all together or just blending it and then dip the bread in the batter and pan fry with butter. That’s how easy it is and it takes less than 10 minutes to make this dish
french toast batter
French toast batter should be the correct consistency, not too thick, just right so it can cling to the bread. You can make it the night before as well.
how to make french toast in a pan
So the best way to make it is in a pan, with butter, not oil. Butter will add flavour and give that caramelised look. Just pan-fry both sides, remember we are only cooking the batter so this step will be very quick.
Do You Cook Your French Toast With Butter Or Oil?
It is very important to cook it in butter for flavour and caramelization
The Essential Equipment Needed To Make Easy French Toast Recipe
french toast toppings
- Fruits ( Strawberries, berries)
- Icing sugar
- Maple syrup
- Whipped cream
What bread to use for french toast
- Brioche bread
- White bread
- Banana bread
- Hot cross buns
- Breudher ( A great way to use breudher left overs after christmas)
- Panetonne
How To Store french toast
Once the bread is cooked in the batter storing and eating is not that great in terms of quality but nevertheless, if you have leftovers store in the fridge in a container and reheat in a microwave when needed. If you have remaining batter, you can store it in the fridge for a maximum of 2 days.
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Step By Step Guide On How To Make Easy French Toast Recipe
French Toast Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Pan
Ingredients
- 6 Brioche bread slices
- 30 g Butter unsalted
French toast batter
- 2 Eggs
- 125 ml Milk Fresh milk
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tsp Sugar white
Instructions
French toast batter
- Add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk well until it has come to a batter consistency. Alternatively, you can also add all ingredients to the blender and blend them all together
Cooking the french toast
- Heat a pan on medium heat with 1 tsp of butter, let the butter melt
- Plunge the bread in the mixture, both sides should be covered in the batter, and place it on the hot pan (You don't have to soak the bread in the mixture for a long time (30- second soaking is enough)
- Cook one side for 1 min each side until it is golden brown and the batter is cooked, repeat with the remaining bread slices
- Serve immediately with fruits, maple syrup.