Best French Toast Recipe

The best french toast recipe with warm undertones of vanilla, cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg, fluffy, browned and toasted with soft creamy custard-like insides. This best french toast recipe is perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert. Delicious french toast that is easy to make, always fluffy and never eggy or soggy.  This is the technique that I use to get foolproof golden toasted french toast every time.

French toast is a classic simple but delicious breakfast that’s not complicated or expensive to make. When I was a kid I use get so giddy when I woke up to the smell of bacon eggs and french toast. I remember those days like yesterday. My mom used to make plain french toast. No fruit or powdered sugar on my french toast, just plain french toast with butter and syrup. I know that some people love to dress up their french toast which is perfectly fine. These days, I still prefer my french toast simple, butter and syrup and I’m a happy camper. This french toast and a refreshing cold tequila sunrise mocktail would make the perfect accompaniments to your Mother’s day brunch. It’s also the best day to be daring and really dress up your perfect french toast.

My mom stopped by as I was writing this post and she said, “mmm you gonna make me go home and make that french toast”! My best french toast recipe is so good you can eat it plain without syrup. The flavor of the bare french toast is amazing.  It’s seriously that good. My family loves sweet and savory breakfasts, so we usually have the best of both worlds, a sweet breakfast, and a savory one.

 What kind of bread should I use for french toast?

For my best french toast recipe, I use regular sandwich bread (not stale) from the supermarket aisle for this recipe. You can use brioche or challah, or even Texas toast if you like, but you may need to add more batter for thicker slices of bread.   I sometimes use white bread and sometimes I use wheat bread. Feel free to use your choice of white or wheat bread. To be honest, I love wheat bread because I think it’s more flavorful than white bread.

 What kind of milk do I use for french toast?

It’s best to use a full-fat milk. If you want a richer more luxurious custard mixture, you can add a bit of heavy whipping cream or half and half.  No skim milk allowed. This french toast recipe is clearly not diet food.

French toast and only egg yolks.

Everyone has had their share of eggy tasting french toast at one point or maybe even several points in their lives. In my younger days, my french toast was always too eggy tasting or soggy. No Bueno. The eggy taste in french toast comes from egg whites. If you eliminate the egg white and only use egg yolks, you will never have eggy tasting eggs again. Egg yolks only will also make your batter richer too.

Add flour to the french toast batter.

Yes, adding flour to french toast batter may sound weird but it works amazingly. I got that tip from Pinterest. Adding flour to the french toast batter will do a couple things. First, it makes the french toast nice and fluffy.  Secondly, it helps to achieve a nice soft-crisp and toasted bread.  So Delicious!

What type of pan to use for french toast:

I use a nonstick pan or griddle to make french toast and a billion other things. I totally love this griddle. So easy to clean!

Make the french toast:

Okay, this is where you will have to really pay attention to your bread because if you don’t,  you may soak the bread too much which will result in soggy french toast.  If you are using regular supermarket aisle bread and it’s fresh, you only need to dip the bread into the batter, dip then flip it immediately then dip again. I always warm my milk in the microwave first, that way, I  can easily blend the cinnamon, nutmeg, and flour without any clumps.  I then add all the ingredients to my baking pan and then mix well until most of the clumps are gone. Don’t worry if you aren’t able to get all the clumps out.

• For fresh regular white/wheat bread, quickly dip the bread into the french toast batter. Flip the bread and dip again quickly letting the excess batter drip back into the baking pan. If you are using a  dryer stale bread, dip the bread in the batter and let the bread soak for a couple seconds then flip and dip and soak for a couple more seconds. As I stated earlier, please do not let the bread soak for too long because it will either fall apart or still end up pretty soggy despite the flour.

• Set your oven to warm. Heat butter in a skillet or griddle over medium heat.  Transfer the soaked bread to skillet and cook 3- 4 minutes or until toasted and browned. Flip and cook the other side 3 to 4 minutes longer. Transfer best french toast to the baking sheet and place it into the warm oven until you are ready to serve it.
•  Serve best french toast with berries and confection sugar or keep it simple and use butter and your choice of syrup. Bacon and eggs are a must!

Below is my best french toast recipe! If you try this french toast recipe please let me know what you think.

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Best French Toast Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

18 mins

 

The best french toast recipe with warm undertones of vanilla, cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg, fluffy, browned and toasted with soft creamy custard-like insides. This best french toast recipe is perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert. Delicious french toast that is easy to make, always fluffy and never eggy or soggy.  This is the technique that I use to get foolproof golden toasted french toast every time.

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American

Servings: 3 people

Calories: 301 kcal

Author: April

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup milk warm heat milk in the microwave for about 35 seconds
• 2 tbsp melted butter for the custard
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 small pinches nutmeg
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 plus 1/16 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla extra
• 1/4 cup flour
• 7 slices sandwich bread I used wheat bread
• 1-2 tbsp unsalted butter for the skillet

Instructions

1. To make the french toast. To a large bowl add the sugar and eggs and whisk well until combined. Add the melted butter, warmed milk and the rest of the ingredients. Mix well until most of the clumps from the cinnamon and flour clumps are gone. The warmed milk will help prevent the flour and cinnamon from clumping. 

   

2. Set the oven to warm. In a nonstick skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of butter. Dip the bread into the custard mixture*See notes. Place the bread in the hot skillet. Cook each side for about 3-4 minutes or until golden and browned. Place french toast on baking sheet then place it in the oven to keep warm until the rest of the french toast is done.

   
   

   

3. Add your choice of fruit, powdered sugar or syrup. Serve this best french toast with bacon and eggs. 

   

Recipe Notes

For fresh bread: place up to two slices of bread in the french toast batter and immediately flip it over.  Flip the bread over and repeat the same steps.

For stale bread: place up to two slices of bread in the french toast batter and let it soak for a couple of seconds. Flip the bread over and repeat the same steps.

Do not let the bread sit in the mixture too long or it will fall apart or get too soggy. 

This is the baking pan and griddle I used.