A Classic Recipe for French Toast!
What’s better than thick slices of French toast drizzled with melted butter, and sticky golden syrup in the morning? A second serving of it!
French toast has always been my favorite breakfast food, ever since I was a little girl. When I was growing up, we always had bread in the house – so it only made sense to make French toast (or the struggle version of it) in the mornings. Since we were on a budget, and mindful of what we used, it was very rare that I had French toast with sides such as eggs, bacon, and etc.; however, that never was an issue for me. I was always content with what I had, and I never complained. Besides, how can you complain with a stack of golden French toast with warm syrup in front of you? You can’t!
In this post I’m going to share my recipe for French toast. It doesn’t call for a ton of ingredients, and it’s super quick to make. Check it out!
Follow along with my How to Make French Toast video, and find out just how easy it is!
If you enjoyed my French Toast, check out some of these other classics!
French Toast
Ingredients
- 12 slices of french toast bread OR thick sliced bread
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup melted butter
Instructions
- In large bowl or dish, crack open three eggs and beat them.
- Next, pour in the milk, and add in the: brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir, then pour in the melted butter and stir again.
- Start adding the bread to milk and egg mixture. Let each slice stay in the wet mix for about 10 seconds.
- Spray your pan or griddle with non-stick spray, and place it over medium heat.
- Once the griddle/pan is hot, add the bread on top.
- Toast each side of the bread until it is nice and golden brown.
- Serve immediately with butter, syrup, or powdered sugar.
Video
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Thank you for trying my recipe Rose! XOXO
Girl you are the truth. I can cook,don’t get me wrong now. I just love how u make thing look extra simple
Hi Kisha. I wasn’t sure it the comment was for me, or Rose 🙂
Lol! It was for Rosie! Sorry I didn’t post correctly. Thanks hun!
LOL!!!! I just wanted to make sure! HAHA
I’m a teenager and this was so helpful with my mom out of town and my dad in need of a home cooked meal! So simple to follow and tasted delicious thanks!
You are very welcome hunny!
I’m trying this tomorrow
Awesome 🙂
About how long do you cook on each side. What if you use regular bread not thick bread? I tried regular bread but when it was golden on each side it wasn’t cooked on the inside
It sounds like you may have soaked the bread too long. Regular bread isn’t the best to use for french toast 🙁
Yea lol I think your right lol thank you
LOL. It’s okay! Practice makes perfect , XOXO
in your ingredients it says vanilla but not in the steps to make it, I assume that you just add it in with the spices right?
Yes, add it with the milk, and etc.
The stuff your using to soak the bread (batter i guess you can call it that) did you use all of it or was there still a lot left. Also how much french toast does this make?
Hello. Please be sure to read the ingredients, the answers are there hun :-)… there may be leftover milk and etc.
This is a great recipe so far, but we’er still having trouble with it. We’re trying to leave the bread out for a while, to make sure that it won’t just collapse in the mixture. The first time we tried this, it fell apart after being in the mix for 10 seconds (I assumed 5 on each side). Now, it seems fine. It’s absorbing enough while still holding together.
Now, we’re having a problem with cooking it. I’m sorry, but “medium” heat and “until brown” aren’t measurements that we, as amateurs, can replicate with much success. We have temperatures on ours, and we’ve been cooking them at around 350 degrees for around 4 minutes on each side. The top and bottom seem fine, if not exactly what you ended up with, but it always seems under-cooked as a whole. Can you give us any advice?
I’m curious on what type of bread you are using. A lot of stovetops read “low, medium, and high”. If you’re using a griddle, like I did. It should be around 350 F. If soaking the bread for 5 seconds is too much, try soaking it for less time. But again, what kind of bread are you using? Let me know. 🙂
Thanks for getting back to me. I’m using Butter Krust brand Texas toast, and my dad is trying to find something similar to what you used in the video. We’re only leaving it in the mixture for a couple of seconds on each side now, and that helped a lot. It still seems very under-cooked in the middle, but we’re getting close.
Wow. This was the best French Toast ever.
Thank you!
Hi Rosie! Do you use salted or unsalted butter? Everything you create looks amazing!! Thanks!
You can use either for this recipe. XOXO
Do we have to use nutmeg? Love your recipes by the way ☺️
Hi there! If you truly want to leave it out, you can.
Used this recipe yesterday & enjoyed it so much! Thanks for sharing!
I made this recipe this morning for my family, they said it was the best they have ever tasted! Thank you! Every recipe of yours I have tried comes out awesome!
Hi Shawn! I’m glad that you all liked the recipe!
I love your recipe. The French Toast turned out great !!!!
Glad that you liked the recipe!
This french toast is awesome and so easy. I make it whenever we have guests and they always love it!! So Good. Thanks Rosie
Thanks for trying Robert!
good morning from BayBay leyte Philippines. we tried your French toast recipe and we all loved it .
dale
baybay leyte ph.
Thanks for trying Dale!
All of your recipes have been a hit. Thank you for sharing and teaching me to cook!
What if you don’t have all the spices can you just add two of them
Yes, times are hard. Use what you have darling!
We loved your recipe! Very Yummy! Thank you!
Looks delicious!!! My favorite! Thanks for sharing ❤️