When you wake up on Christmas morning, nothing beats the feeling you get, particularly when you know you've got a warm breakfast and gifts waiting for you. If you and your family are waking up to a frenzy of wrapping paper or settling down before jumping into the celebrations for brunch. It's important to start your holiday with the best breakfast recipe, for something unique is what Christmas morning calls for. However, to make sure you don't waste all Christmas morning in the kitchen, we've brought you not so French, French toast that will bring the day off to a delicious start. — both to fill you up and to get you the stamina you need to participate in all those enjoyable holiday festivities.
French Toast is made from the three most common breakfast staples around the world, toast, milk, and eggs. Therefore, mixing all three to come up with a loaded and milky toast just seems to make breakfast enjoyable as the most inevitable evolution invented by our ancestors.
You can't be further from the facts if you blame a certain Frenchman with those lovely toasts. It turns out that the French toast existed long before France as a nation did! "The Romans dipped slices of bread in milk (and occasionally eggs) before frying them, and called it "Pan Dulcis." One of the oldest variants of French toast has been traced back to the Roman Empire. "In 17th-century England, the word "French toast" was first used. A man called Joseph French made the dish in 1724 and sold it as "French Toast" because he missed the apostrophe.
Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla together in a big, shallow bowl.
Place slices of bread, one or two at a time, in the egg mixture and let it soak for 2 minutes. Flip and soak for another 1 minute (both bread sides should be fully covered in the mixture).
Meanwhile, melt butter at medium-low in a broad skillet. Place bread slices in a skillet until melted and cook until golden brown, 1 to 3 minutes on each side;
Repeat for the butter and bread remaining.
Serve directly, topped with berries and if desired, syrup or honey.
Serve directly, topped with berries and if desired, syrup or honey.
Enjoy
Ingredients
Directions
Whisk the eggs, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla together in a big, shallow bowl.
Place slices of bread, one or two at a time, in the egg mixture and let it soak for 2 minutes. Flip and soak for another 1 minute (both bread sides should be fully covered in the mixture).
Meanwhile, melt butter at medium-low in a broad skillet. Place bread slices in a skillet until melted and cook until golden brown, 1 to 3 minutes on each side;
Repeat for the butter and bread remaining.
Serve directly, topped with berries and if desired, syrup or honey.
Serve directly, topped with berries and if desired, syrup or honey.