common French Toast mistake...
 

Don't use fresh bread.. it will fall apart once in the egg batter. Leave the bread out over night on a cookie sheet covered loosely with paper towels. In the morning it will be dried out... NOW you're ready.

eggs
milk
sugar
cinnamon
vanilla syrup

mix, dip, grill and eat with honey butter.

Easy b'fast for lots of people.

:)

~Ray

I always use fresh bread... just don't overdip and you are fine. I learned from a top chef in New York.

"Don't use fresh Bread" WTF?

Alton Brown recommends dried out bread... by the time it's done on the outside, it's still creamy on the inside.

lol stale bread sooks

it is true...the slighty stale stuff works really well

Have to try and remember that one..I love it atleast once a week

When I decide to cook a good breakfast it's normally last min

Vanilla xtract is my secret to great french toast and I recommend using a fresh Challah as your bread or Brioche-

I am a French Toast expert-

naahh. If your bread even begins to look like falling apart you're putting it in the egg WAAAY too long... you use fresh bread but you dunk it in the eggs very briefly. Soy and linseed bread is the best and the eggs are great with a fair amount of salt and pepper and no milk. Fried in a griddle pan with maple syrup is best. French toast is my specialty.
Sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract makes it sound a bit too candy... then again that probably reflects an american palette.. we have it a little more savoury over here.

That's no secret, it's mandatory! You, sir, are a french toast connoisseur!

Mom makes the best French toast in the whole world! :thumbsup

When I try to make French toast the bread usually surrenders to the eggs.

I kid, I kid. Just joking! :thumbsup

The best french toast is made from the densest bread. Challah is my first choice if I can find it or have time to make it. Brioche and sourdough are also good choices. If all else fails, a premium sandwich bread can stand up to the task.

I don tknow if this sounds retarded but whatever bread I have used... I toast it briefly in the toaster before dipping it. I also throw in some Grand Marnier into the mix with the vanilla extract to give it that extra oomph.

I love it.

This thread is worthless without pics.

:winkwink:

http://www.grampastudios.com/photogr...ench_Toast.jpg

Dammit... WHY!!! Now I'm jones-in for some French Toast and Denny's just doesnt cut it.

I can cook french toast with frsh bread without it falling apart - lol what a funny thread

Haven't cooked it in over a year though

Mmmm haven't had french toast in a while..

god... thats going to clog a few arteries...

no one has mentioned powdered sugar yet...?

bump for b'fast

gotta use OLD bread old white bread sides sliced off, thats wentelteefes (as theyre called but hey you can call it french toast :) )

Love it! We eat it with powdersugar btw... not many do anymore its a really old dutch dish...

http://www.dekooktips.com/pic-rec/wentelt.jpg

Sounds like good bfast, lemme try it !

isn't the freedom toast ? :1orglaugh

It's french fries and not freedom fries !

Ok je sors..

you're right about one thing - don't use "bread"...use challah

Anybody ever use potato bread? That is really good, too. Never tried leaving the bread out overnight, but I'll give it a try.

potato bread works great..i'm a pa dutchie girl so that was usually what was used