My daughter Haley's best friend from school, Jessica, LOVES french toast. She has very few meals she likes to eat. Jessica spends the night in our home often, and so I make french toast just about every time we have her with us for breakfast. Since I make french toast so often, I wanted to try something new. One of my favorite grocery stores sells the best Challah bread ever. This seemed like the best way to change up french toast. I purchased it on a whim and made french toast. I have decided it is the best way to eat french toast ever. When we lived in California, I would buy french bread to make french toast. Well, this is so much better. Believe me, you will want to try this for yourself. This is a very simple french toast recipe. In my hometown in California and my friend's home in Maryland, I found Challah bread. You should be able to find it easily enough.
Ever wonder why we call this french toast? It is actually named for Joseph French, an
innkeeper from Albany New York. We should actually refer to it as French's Toast, but
a grammatical error changed history forever. Not unlike German's Chocolate Cake
being renamed.
innkeeper from Albany New York. We should actually refer to it as French's Toast, but
a grammatical error changed history forever. Not unlike German's Chocolate Cake
being renamed.
Ingredients:
1 loaf of Challah Bread
6 Eggs
3/4 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Slice the challah bread into 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick pieces.
My husband photographed me here. It's
a very good shot of me cracking eggs into a bowl.
a very good shot of me cracking eggs into a bowl.
Mix eggs, milk, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl. My son Donovan would very
much want to make sure the eggs are very well mixed and no whites are visible.
much want to make sure the eggs are very well mixed and no whites are visible.
The custard mixture and bread are ready to join together.
Preheat a skillet over medium heat. Spray the skillet with nonstick spray. Dip the
bread into the egg mixture and cook until browned on both sides.
bread into the egg mixture and cook until browned on both sides.
Butter the toast and sprinkle with powdered sugar if you would like to create
Jessica's french toast.
Jessica's french toast.
Enjoy!
Challah French's Toast
Ingredients:
1 loaf of Challah Bread
6 Eggs
3/4 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Process:
Slice the challah bread into 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick pieces.
Mix eggs, milk, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.
Preheat a skillet over medium heat. Spray the skillet with nonstick spray. Dip the bread into the egg mixture and cook until browned on both sides.
Enjoy!
I read the book, A Homemade Life, by Molly Wizenberg, she swears by cooking french toast in a bit of oil rather than butter/nonstick spray. I haven't tried it yet, but plan to soon! Also, you've got America's Test Kitchen backing you up on challah being the best for french toast!
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