French Toast for Fall Mornings
The weather is getting chilly and that calls for belly warming, delicious plates at any time of the day. I'm a big breakfast girl. Don't usually go a day without eating SOMETHING, whether it's a bar or a piece of fruit or a smoothie. But this past week, my husband was off of work and my little gal loves feeding herself big people food, therefore, a more filling and tasty breakfast was on the docket. So, we filled up on french toast on a chilly fall morning.
French toast is not difficult to make and it's pretty quick. It's a perfect breakfast to make for little kids and it's made of ingredients you will almost always have on hand. It's also great because you can use up some of your bread that might be nearing the end of its life without feeling the guilt of throwing away that not yet moldy but still getting dried out loaf of bread. You can whip up a basic french toast using, minimally, three ingredients, but here's how I spice up my french toast to give it a warm, fall feel.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
- 8 slices of bread
- 2-3 eggs
- Milk (whatever kind you've got!)
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Cooking Spray
- Butter
- Syrup
1. Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk.
2. Add in about a cup or so of milk. You want to achieve a slightly pale yellow colored liquid that's pretty runny. You want it to be thinner and runnier than your scrambled egg mixture.
3. Add 2-3 splashes of vanilla.
3. Add about 1 tbsp cinnamon, or however much you'd like.
4. Add a dash of nutmeg (super strong flavor, so a little goes a loooonnggg way)
5. Whisk all ingredients together and set bowl aside.
6. Heat up a large skillet over medium heat.
7. Dip both sides of your bread into egg/milk/spices mixture and place on a greased (cooking spray) skillet. Cook until side is golden brown and flip.
8. Serve with warm syrup, butter, and powdered sugar. Enjoy :)
- I can't have regular cow's milk right now, so I used almond milk. The bread seems to absorb the almond milk a bit more, so move quickly when you dip your bread. You can really use any type of "milk" - Regular, almond, soy, etc. - so use what you've got or a mixture.
- Other ideas in place of (or addition to) milk
- Have some half & half you need to use up? You can definitely use that.
- Another fall spice people love is pumpkin. I currently have Califia Farms Pumpkin Spice Almond Milk coffee creamer in the fridge and I'm obsessed with it! You can use that in your milk and egg mixture. You can use it in place of any milk, or you can go half milk/half creamer. It would be delicious and I'll definitely be adding a few splashes the next time I make french toast.
- Add some fruit (fresh berries would be delish!) to the top of your french toast with just a small pad of butter and a small drizzle of syrup to lighten this breakfast up a bit.
- Sausage and bacon go great with french toast to add a little bit of saltiness to your palette. Plus, who doesn't love sausage twirled in a little bit of the maple syrup on the plate. Yum.
I super screwed up French toast the other day 🤦🏼♀️ I think I didn’t thin out the eggs with enough milk. Duly noted.
ReplyDeleteWhat can ya do? I always make sure that my french toast batter is thinner and runnier than my scrambled egg mixture. Then you'll know you're not making egg coated bread. Another tip - if your bread doesn't seem to be soaking up the liquid all that well, you've probably got too much egg and not enough milk. If you notice that after the first or second bread dip, just add in a little more milk! I'm sure your hubby and D gobbled them up anyway :)
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