French toast is a popular breakfast recipe all over the world. This recipe for french toast has both egg and eggless option. Thick slices of bread dunked in an egg milk custard which is flavored with cinnamon and vanilla and fried in butter. Learn how to make perfect french toast with step by step pictures and video.

French Toast Recipe

Best ever french toast you have ever had. This brioche french toast is one of the delicious breakfast you could ever make. I have perfected this recipe and have learned few tips and tricks to get the best ever fluffy french toast.

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About French Toast (Egg & Eggless)
Ingredients
Step by Step Pictures
French Toast without Eggs
Variations
Expert Tips
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I adore french toast. They are my all time favourite, sweet or savoury both are my favourite. This is a special french toast which can be served on any special day.

About French Toast (Egg & Eggless)

French Toast is easy to whip up on busy mornings when you don't have much time on hand. Even that simple french toast can be made different ways.

All of them taste fantastic. I have shared versions and variations of making french toast in this blog post.

Making french toast requires minimum ingredients like bread, eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla.

I used custard powder for my french toast. If you don't have custard powder use one egg yolk. Soak the bread in the custard longer than usual, so the bread absorbs all the custard.

I would suggest you to allow the bread soak up the custard really well and also fry the french toast on a low to medium heat till it is cooked in the inside as well as outside.

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Over the years of making french toast. I have learned that few tips and tricks. French toast is supposed to have denser and fluffier texture which is achieved by adding few egg yolks in the custard.

Before I used to add few egg yolks while preparing the custard. But now I use a teaspoon of custard powder which does the trick.

Bread plays an important role in french toast. I used white bread in this recipe which couple days old. Use thick slices of brioche, challah or texas bread slices. Use slightly stale bread for best result. The key point is to use thick slices of bread.

If you don't have thick cut bread slices. Use two bread slices together and dip them in the custard and cook. This makes the bread stick together and create a thick slice of bread.

Make sure you cook french toast in plenty of butter. butter makes everything better. Cook the french toast low and slow so it gets cooked in the center properly.

Ingredients

Bread - I used white bread, Use two days old bread or slightly stale bread for making french toast which absorbs the custard better which results in the best french toast.
Egg - I used one egg for making this french toast.
Milk - use whole milk for making the custard.
Custard powder - a teaspoon fo custard powder make the custard rich in texture.
Flavourings - I used cinnamon and vanilla extract to flavour the custard.
Sugar - a small amount of sugar is added in the custard. You can use maple syrup or honey instead of sugar.
Salt - a pinch of salt enhances the taste.
Butter - use butter to cook the french toast.

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Make Topping

1)take chopped strawberries, blueberries, honey, vanilla extract in a bowl and mix it well. Set aside so the berries get syrupt.

Make Custard

2) In a shallow bowl. Take custard powder, sugar, salt and ground cinnamon in a bowl.

Tip: If you don't have the custard powder, add in one egg yolk. If you don't like cinnamon flavor you can simply skip this.

3)Pour in milk and mix well till there is no lumps formed. Mix well so the custard powder is mixed lump free.

4)Now add in egg into the milk.

5)Add in vanilla extract. Vanilla adds a floral aroma to the french toast which is strongly recommended.

6)Mix this together to combine. This is your custard.

Soaking Bread

7)Place bread slices on top. The bread will soak all the custard mixture.

8)Flip over and let it soak other side too.

Cooking French Toast

9)Melt some butter in a pan.

10)Place the bread and cook on a very low heat for at least 2 minutes.

11)Flip over and cook on other side for 2 to 3 minutes.

18)Now french toast is cooked. Place the warm french toast on a serving platter. Top with berries, top with extra butter.

French Toast without Eggs

If you are a vegetarian and you love to have a perfect french toast without eggs then this one is the answer. This is really so quick to make, just whip up few things together and make this awesome toast. Along with this toast or with our morning meal amma always tells us to eat some dates which gives you iron and helps to purify your blood.

Eggless French Toast Recipe (French Toast without Eggs)

6 slices Bread
2 tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Milk
3 tablespoon Custard Powder
2 tablespoon Butter

1)Take sugar, custard powder, vanilla extract in a bowl.

2)Add in milk and whisk till combined.

3)Dip the bread in custard mixture and coat on both sides.

4)Cook the bread in butter or ghee till golden on both sides. Serve

Variations

Jam French Toast. just spread jam between bread and use the same recipe.

Cornflakes crusted french toast. coat the custard soaked bread in crushed cornflakes and fry.

Fully loaded french toast. spread peanut butter, nutella and banana and coat with custard before frying.

Coconut french toast. bread dunked in egg custard, coated with coconut and pan fried.

Expert Tips

Choosing the Right Bread

Brioche Bread - use Brioche loaf and slice it into thick slices. This bread is so soft and fluffy. Brioche also has a sweet and buttery flavor.
Challah - braided bread. The dough has lot more eggs than regular bread which gives beautiful yellow colour.
Texas Bread - Texas toast is a thick cut bread that soaks up the custard better.
White Bread - If you don't have thick cut bread slices. Use two bread slices together and dip them in the custard and cook. This makes the bread stick together and create a thick slice of bread.

Storage & Serving

You can serve french toast with Salted Caramel Sauce, Strawberry Compote , Blueberry Compote. Cooked French Toast can be stored in fridge for 4 to 5 days. You can store cooked french toast in freezer for upto a month. Warm them in microwave for few seconds.

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