Easy French Toast
French Toast is a breakfast favourite, usually served with real maple syrup and a sprinkle of confectioner's sugar. This easy recipe is simple enough to be made by anyone, with no skills required.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg, optional
- ⅛ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅓ cup flour
- 1 loaf Texas Toast bread, white, at least 1 or 2 days old, or Brioche
- 1 stick butter for frying pan
Instructions
- In a flat-bottomed container, beat eggs and milk together until blended and smooth.
- Stir in vanilla.
- In a small bowl, mix together cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, salt and flour.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, beating to avoid clumps.
- Heat frying pan over medium heat and melt a Tbsp of butter to coat the pan well, add more butter if needed to coat the entire bottom
- Dip one slice of bread at a time in the egg mixture, turning to coat.
- Lift bread carefully out of the egg mixture and let it drain a little over the bowl, before transferring to the heated frying pan.
- Cook for 3-4 minutes or until lightly browned before flipping.
- Cook the other side until browned, about 3-4 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining slices of bread, you may have bread or egg mix leftover depending on how fresh your bread is.
- Serve hot with maple syrup.