French Toast

Ever looking for that perfect french toast recipe, tried one from the new Fine Cooking magazine this morning. Morning is defined as 1:00 PM. I modified this as they wanted you to roll it in cornflakes. Did not appeal to me. However I found it interesting to include the maple syrup in the egg mixture. I also liked it better as it had more eggs and less milk product. They also had a bourbon-pepper butter but breakfast was soon going to merge with dinner if I didn’t get busy. Next time.

Ingredients

  • 1 C half & half (used 1/2 C each, cream, milk)
  • 1/4 C maple syrup
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 t ground cinnamon
  • 8 3/4†thick slices challah (I used panettone bread)
  • 1 1/2 t unsalted butter for the griddle

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, syrup, eggs and cinnamon. (I used a 9†X13†pan to place the slices in and then poured the mixture over them and let them soak up the mixture turning them every now and then.)
  2. Melt the butter on a griddle over medium heat. Working in batches and adding more butter as needed, cook as many slices of bread as will fit in a single layer, flipping occasionally until golden brown.