Simple Southern French Toast Recipes

FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat griddle. (400 degrees works well.)
• Combine eggs, half-and-half, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
• Dip slices of bread into liquid mixture. Remove and allow excess liquid to drain.
• Lightly spray griddle with non-stick spray or lightly coat with oil.
• Place prepared bread slice on griddle and cook until golden brown.
• Flip bread and repeat on other side.
• Remove from heat and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
• Top with your favorite toppings.

AN AMAZINGLY EASY FRENCH TOAST RECIPE

Steps:

• First, you're going to add 1 cup of milk into a bowl. Or in my case a clear casserole dish, because it will be easier to dip your bread into the mixture.
• Next, add in two large eggs to your milk.
• After you've added in your milk, and eggs, you will add 1 teaspoon of sugar.
• Lastly, you will add 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring.
• Then, you will whisk all your ingredients together.
• After you've finished whisking, this is what your mixture will look like.
• Now that you've created your French Toast mixture it's time to actually cook your French toast. As I mentioned earlier, I'm using honey wholewheat bread, but you can pretty much use any bread of your choice.
• Always remember to butter your pan or griddle whichever you prefer to use.
• Now I'm going to dip my bread into my mix.
• Remember, do not allow your bread to soak into the mixture for long. You do not want your bread to become soggy.
• Next, I'm going to place my bread four slices at a time on my griddle.
• You will cook your bread for about three-five minutes on each side, or until it reaches your desired crispness.
• Once my French toast is finished I place it on my cutting board, and cut it in halves.
• After I cook my French toast, I put it on a plate and began to add my fresh strawberries, powdered sugar, and syrup.
• This part is totally optionally, you can add powdered sugar to your delicious French toast.
• After you've have topped your French toast with strawberries and powdered sugar, the only thing missing is your syrup and fork.

CLASSIC FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together eggs, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Place bread in a shallow baking dish large enough to hold bread slices in a single layer. Pour egg mixture over bread; soak 10 minutes. Turn slices over; soak until soaked through, about 10 minutes more.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet, and set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Fry half the bread slices until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to wire rack; place in oven while cooking remaining bread. Wipe skillet, and repeat with remaining butter, oil, and bread. Keep in oven until ready to serve. Serve warm with pure maple syrup, if desired.

EASY FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Beat together egg, milk, cinnamon, vanilla and salt.
• Heat a lightly oiled skillet or griddle over medium heat.
• Soak bread slices in egg mixture for 20 second on each side, or until thoroughly coated. Cook bread until both sides are lightly browned and crisp. Serve hot.

BUTTER PECAN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat and melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, the cinnamon, and vanilla. Whisk together until everything's combined and smooth.
• One by one, dunk the slices of bread into the egg mixture and place them on the buttery skillet.
• Fit as many slices in the skillet as you can, cooking them until golden on the first side, about 2 1/2 minutes. Flip to cook them on the other side for about 2 minutes. Remove them to a plate. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter to the skillet and repeat with the rest of the bread slices until they're all cooked.
• To the same skillet, add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, the remaining 1 cup of brown sugar, and the salt. Stir and cook over medium heat until the butter and sugar are melted and bubbling, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat completely, pour in the bourbon and stir, allowing the fumes to dissipate for about 1 minute. Turn the stove on medium heat and continue to stir and cook for another minute, or until the mixture is starting to thicken. Add the pecans, stir to combine. Keep cooking the sauce, stirring constantly, until the mixture is deep golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Be careful not to cook it too long as it will become chewy, you want a nice caramelly sauce. Turn off the heat.
• Serve two pieces of French toast with a little butter. Sift over some powdered sugar.
• Spoon on a generous amount of the sauce then top with whipped cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, and salt (as well as the optional vanilla extract and cinnamon, if using) in a medium shallow bowl until the mixture is fluffy and light in color.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Working with one bread slice at a time, soak the bread in the egg mixture for 3 to 4 seconds per side. Don't let the slices sit too long; they will turn soggy and fall apart.
• Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to hot pan and cook until golden brown, or about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. (There may be some spots that do not brown; that's normal.)
• Flip each slice, and cook until gold brown, or about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining butter and egg-soaked bread. Serve hot with toppings of choice.

SIMPLE SOUTHERN FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Combine eggs, vanilla, bourbon, cinnamon, maple syrup.
• Whip in a bowl with wire balloon whisk for 2 minutes.
• Heat cast-iron griddle or skillet to med-low.
• Soak bread in egg mix on both sides.
• Lay each slice of soaked bread on griddle or skillet.
• Brown each side.
• Serve with butter and maple syrup.
• For Desert, substitute Ice Cream drizzled with Kalua for butter and maple syrup.

SOUTHERN FRIED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Mix the flour and the baking powder together.
• Add the eggs and mix until it a smooth paste.
• Add milk gradually until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter.
• Add vanilla and cinnamon.
• Heat a frying pan with 1/2" of oil over medium heat.
• Dip pieces of bread into the batter.
• Gently place the bread into the oil, fry until golden on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve with warm syrup and butter.
• I use Ming Tsai's 8-Spice Powder instead of cinnamon, it's got cinnamon, allspice, anise, cardamom, ginger, fennel, clove and cumin in it.
• I got mine at Target, it adds a very exotic flavor.

THE BEST FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, whisk together the first 7 ingredients. Preheat a greased griddle over medium heat., Dip bread in egg mixture, letting it soak 5 seconds on each side. Cook on griddle until golden brown on both sides. Serve with toppings as desired.