Recipe for French Toast in today’s post, is a classic breakfast recipe with milk eggs cinnamon and vanilla. This is a perfect and nutritious recipe for you and your family for breakfast or evening snacks.
We literally grew up eating this simple french toast for breakfast or mostly as an evening tea-time snack after school. There always used to be leftover bread and mum would convert this into a fluffy French Toast with eggs and milk. Using stale bread that is a day old works well for this recipe. The bread does not get soggy in milk and has a crunchy exterior with fluffy inside.
Mum would sometimes sprinkle cinnamon and sugar and serve this or we would enjoy it with a splash of honey. I still make this as my son loves french toast and this brings back beautiful memories of my childhood.
Make this easy Recipe of French toast with some dash of cinnamon for you and your kids. This is a wholesome recipe with milk, eggs cinnamon and you can add some vanilla for an extra flavour. Pair it with a warm cup of coffee, tea, or milk, and enjoy it with your family. You don’t even have to spend extra time in the kitchen as this recipe is so quick and easy.
Table of Contents
- Easy French Toast Recipe
- What is French Toast?
- What is French Toast made of?
- How to make French Toast ?
Easy French Toast Recipe
For this recipe for French Toast with Cinnamon, I am using 6 slices of bread. When mornings are hectic, especially when you have school-going kids.
Use bread that is a day old. Whip up some warm milk with eggs sugar and cinnamon. Cut the bread into thick slices and dip them into this milk custard. Heat ghee or butter in a pan and then fry the bread slices until they turn golden. The French Toast is crisp and golden on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. A simple recipe is yet so delicious that anyone would love to indulge.
How is this recipe for French Toast different from other recipes, you may ask.
In this recipe, we dip each slice of bread in the milk and egg mixture twice before frying. This way you will get a thick coat of custard on the French Toast. Moreover, the toast gets a nice golden crunch when fried, and yet it’s soft and fluffy on the inside. Sprinkle it with some cinnamon and sugar and enjoy it with your cup of tea.
What is French Toast?
French toast is a bread slice dipped in a custard mixture of milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and shallow fried in a pan with butter or oil. French toast is flavoured with cinnamon and drizzled with maple syrup or caster sugar.
French Toast is a breakfast item but can be served any time of the day with tea or coffee.
What is French Toast made of?
- BREAD – Preferably use stale bread that is at least a day old. The slices of bread should be firm enough so that they do not get soggy when you dip them in milk.
- Dip each slice of bread one at a time and set aside. Meanwhile, heat a pan and add butter or ghee, and then once again dip the bread slice a second time and shallow fry. Fry on both sides till you get a lovely golden crust on the toast.
- MILK – Preferably, use full cream milk or even the regular milk will be fine. If you want to go dairy-free, use almond or soy milk instead.
- EGGS – The ratio of milk and eggs for a perfect French Toast is 1:2. For every cup of milk I like to use two whole eggs. The French Toast turns out fluffy and has a crisp outer crust that is golden. The eggs, milk, and sugar are responsible for this golden glow on the French Toast.
- SWEETENER – I like to use caster sugar for our Cinnamon French Toast as it dissolves easily. Even granulated sugar works just as fine. You could use maple syrup or honey to sweeten your french toast. But if using honey or maple syrup I suggest that you drizzle it on the toast once they are fried.
- CINNAMON & VANILLA – A warming spice cinnamon gives a distinct taste and flavour to French Toast. Vanilla extract or essence complements the spice cinnamon and I recommend that you use both.
- BUTTER, OIL, OR GHEE – Butter tends to burn quickly so I prefer to use ghee for frying the French Toast. You could use vegetable oil and butter. We prefer ghee because it gives the french toast an amazing flavour and taste and it’s nutritious too.
How to make French Toast ?
- Combine eggs, milk, and sugar and add cinnamon powder in a deep wide bowl. Add a dash of vanilla extract or essence, and beat well with a whisk. Dip each slice of bread in this custard mixture. Don’t leave the slice too long in the egg mixture for it can turn soggy.
- Now heat a pan and add oil, butter, or ghee. When the oil is hot enough add the bread slices one at a time, depending on the size of your pan. Allow it to fry for 2 to 3 minutes on one side till you get a nice golden crust. Flip over and fry on the next side too.
- If you want a thick coat of milk and eggs, then dip the bread slice once again into the egg mixture before frying.
What to put on French Toast?
Once the french toast is fried well on both sides, you will get a wonderful golden crust. The French Toast will be soft and fluffy inside if done well.
Add a dash of cinnamon over the fried french toast. Also, drizzle some maple syrup or honey and serve.
Alternately, sprinkle a little granulated sugar or caster sugar on the hot french toast. The heat of the just fried toast will melt the sugar and give a sweet coat to the toast. Your kids will love it this way.
Serving Suggestions
Drizzle French Toast with Maple Syrup or Honey and serve it with your favourite cup of tea or coffee. French Toast also makes a delicious and nutritious tiffin menu for your school going kids.
Try this Recipe of French Toast with Cinnamon and sprinkle caster sugar or fine granulated sugar on them and serve them to your kids with a glass of warm milk.
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Recipe for French Toast with Cinnamon
Ingredients
- 6 slices Bread
- 2 Whole Eggs
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Granulated Sugar
- ½ tsp Vanilla essence or extract
- Butter or Ghee for frying
- Cinnamon powder
- Honey or Maple syrup for drizzle
Instructions
- Combine milk, eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla essence. Whisk well.
- Dip the bread slices in the egg & milk mixture on both sides and set aside.
- Heat a pan and add butter or ghee.
- Now dip the bread slice once again and fry on both the sides till golden.
- Sprinkle cinnamon powder on the french toast and also drizzle with honey or maple syrup
- Serve with a cup of tea or coffee.
Notes
- Do not leave the bread too long in the milk and egg mixture as it will turn soggy.
- Use thick slices of bread, preferably.
- Add sugar or maple syrup to sweeten the milk and egg mixture.
