French Toast Recipes & Tips

[christy]

I use 1 egg per slice of bread philosophy but it can be less as you make more.

So in our house its 6 eggs to 8 slices of bread, 2 tbsp lemonaide or orange juice, 2 tsp cinnamon and a sprinkle of salt whisked together well. The older the bread, the more absorbant it is, so if you have older bread you need more eggs. I soak the bread for a while on both sides until its well and truely spongey and full of egg and then fry it both sides.

[TheBear]

We sometimes bulk it up for a light lunch - instead of soaking then frying a single piece of bread, I start by making simple sandwiches - ham, cheese and mustard works well - then soaking and frying the whole thing so that the cheese melts inside.

If you are trying to recreate the classic french pain perdu dish where the bread is meltingly soft and works really well with a little sweet syrup then it's worth starting with a fresh brioche instead of normal bread.

[~Kim~]

Wish I'd started reading this BEFORE I made mine this morning....YUMMMM...top ideas guy thanks

[Bloom]

Yumo! I love french toast. I've done a oven baked version with cream and eggs over a vienna loaf. It's a "delicious" recipe so you can find it online.

[Sair]

I usually just whish an egg and dip the bread before frying. Juz said another way is to spread vegemite on both sides of the toast before dipping in egg. I like the sound of that too. I don't like sweet stuff so I never dust icing sugar over the toast or pour maple syrup like they do in Canada but I sprinkle a bit of salt over it

[Rouge]

Nutella sandwich french toast is goooooood! I also use the Nigella "donut" french toast recipe, where you get french toast and dip it in caster sugar (after its cooked) and serve with warm strawberry sauce (home made) and its like hot jam donuts *YUM*

Pain Perdu is good, but I'm lazy and I'd rather dip my bread in the entire mix rather than the cooled boiled milk and then the egg. I seem to ALWAYS make so much mess LOL!