This has been a weekend staple at my house for as long as I can remember. The best part about it, is how incredibly easy it is to make. You can use thick french bread, like I did, or you can use regular sandwich bread. We usually had it with regular sandwich bread in my house, because that's almost always at hand. I had some leftover French bread from dinner this weekend and since it was a little stale, this was the perfect thing to make with it!
Thanks for teaching me how to make this yummy easy recipe, Mom!
Ingredients:
- A few slices of French bread or regular sandwich bread (Figure 2-3 slices per person)
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup of skim or 1% milk
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- Cinnamon
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- Powdered sugar and maple syrup for topping
Directions:
Put the milk in a small mixing bowl with the egg and vanilla extract. Beat the egg until its well incorporated into the milk. Sprinkle cinnamon on top so that there is a generous amount covering the top of the milk.
Heat a medium or large frying pan with the vegetable oil on medium high heat. Dip each piece of bread on both sides in the milk mixture so its moist but not completely soaked. Put the soaked bread pieces on the frying pan and let simmer and toast on each side (be sure to watch them so they don't burn). If you use French bread, you should be able to put a few pieces at a time, if you use regular bread, only one piece will probably fit on the pan at a time.
Serve the toast immediately and top with some maple syrup, powdered sugar, and even fruit if you have it. Yum!