This simple, delicious, and traditional French toast dish is ideal for brunch or breakfast. Use this recipe and helpful advice to make the tastiest French toast in a matter of minutes!
I adore making this traditional French toast recipe, especially on a weekend morning when I have time to myself. Rich and delectable French toast drenched in warm maple syrup has a unique charm about it. I’ve been making it for so long that I’ve mastered the procedures to make it incredibly simple. I can quickly get it on the table whether I’m making it for a large group of weekend visitors or just the three of us.
1. Typical French toast
Since I can remember, I’ve been cooking this traditional French toast dish. I adore how it only requires a few ingredients and allows you to adjust the recipe to your preferences to produce the tastiest French toast! You’ll need a couple of simple ingredients.
- Bread
I include a couple options for our favorite bread to use below under French toast ingredients and substitutes.
- Eggs
This recipe calls for big eggs. To make this recipe without eggs, see the notes I’ve included below.
You can use your preferred milk or a dairy-free milk substitute for the beverage.
To balance the flavors and sweetness, add a dash of salt.
- Sweetener
Depending on your particular preferences, you have a variety of alternatives for the sweetener to utilize.
- For a traditional French toast flavor, I adore adding vanilla extract and ground cinnamon. If you’d like, you can skip the cinnamon or use extra for French toast with a stronger cinnamon flavor. If you’d like, you can also include nutmeg.
- If preferred, add a tablespoon of butter once the butter has melted on the griddle for cooking.
In our family, real maple syrup is necessary for the ideal French toast.
- If preferred, add a tablespoon of butter once the butter has melted on the griddle for cooking.
In our family, real maple syrup is necessary for the ideal French toast.
2. What Kind of Bread Makes the Best French Toast?
I enjoy eating French toast that is made with challah, brioche, or substantial pieces of Sally Lunn bread. My little secret is though. It is very wonderful and simple to make with slices of our favorite sandwich bread if you don’t have those on hand. Use what you have at hand!
- Baking challah
- The sourdough bread
- Pancakes made with Sally Lunn
- French bread with Texas toast
- Brioche as a sandwich bread
3. Usage of Milk for French Toast
I also have a quick tip for you. Although I do enjoy French toast that has been prepared with heavy cream, it also tastes great when prepared with any milk I have on hand.
- Thick Cream
- Whole Milk
- Half and Half Milk
- recipe for dairy-free French toast
4. When creating this recipe, you can easily substitute dairy-free milk
Depending on who I am serving, I love to utilize different ones. For example, I use oat milk for a family friend who cannot have dairy or nuts. Each time, they adore it! Using a different milk selection may result in a little change in flavor.
Milk varieties: almond, coconut, and oat Skim Milk
5. How to Sweeten French Toast and What to Use
I tested this recipe well with a variety of sweeteners. In addition to confectioners’ and granulated sugar, it is wonderful when made using maple syrup, honey, and coconut sugar. Depending on the sweetener you choose, the flavor profile will vary slightly. For instance, adding maple syrup to a recipe will give it a hint of the flavor (which is excellent when combined with maple syrup).
Sugar Maple
Confectioner’s sugar, honey, coconut sugar, and granulated sugar
6. French toast Recipe Made Simple Whisk
- Mix the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla essence, and ground cinnamon immediately into the shallow dish I’ll use to dip my bread in order to reduce the number of dishes and cleanup steps.
- Dip
After thoroughly mixing the eggs and milk, I drop my bread slice in the mixture on one side and rapidly flip it over to the other because certain sandwich bread will quickly absorb the liquid. To prevent the bread from absorbing too much liquid, make sure you are only dipping it and not letting it soak for any length of time. To prevent your bread from becoming too wet, be sure to adhere to this. By doing this, you can keep your French toast from being mushy.
- Cook
I place the bread into a skillet with melted butter that is over medium heat after coating both sides with the liquid. Around 2 to 3 minutes are all it takes to cook each side of them.
- Serve.
Your preferred syrup should be served right away. Together with fruit, I particularly enjoy serving fresh berries (I love blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries). The best thing to add is a dollop of handmade whipped cream.
7. French Toast Prepared Advance
This meal is definitely something you can prepare in advance.
- Up to 30 Minutes: Once cooked, arrange the French toast in a single layer on a baking sheet, and bake for up to 30 minutes at 250°F.
- Make the batter for the French toast and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours in an airtight container. Stir the mixture thoroughly to incorporate when it’s time to cook, then follow the recipe’s instructions exactly.
- Up to 3 Months: Refer to the directions for using the freezer.
8. Powered sugar
Powdered sugar is a popular addition to French toast, which many people adore dousing it with. I don’t bother with adding more sugar because, in my opinion, the maple syrup has sufficient of sugar.
Orange zest and Triple Sec: One of my go-to modifications, which I got from The Silver Palate Cookbook 20 or so years ago is to add some orange zest and a little Triple Sec orange liqueur to the batter for added zing.