The Best French Toast (2024)

Breakfast · December 25, 2023

French toast is an incredibly delicious and indulgent meal that is effortless to throw together. The best french toast recipe should leave you with a custard like middle with a golden, crunchy and buttery outside.

This is the perfect french toast and once you make it this way, you won’t look back.

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French toast

French toast will always signify a slow Sunday’s morning where an indulgent breakfast is calling to be enjoyed. The way to achieve this is to make your egg mixture the night before and leave the bread slices to soak up the batter overnight.

I place them snugly into a shallow dish and pour the mixture all over. Try to avoid doing a quick dip into the batter if you can! I also like to fry my French toast in a skillet with lots of butter with just a drizzle of olive oil to ensure the butter does not burn.

If you are feeling particularly indulgent, you can use a brioche loaf for the bread however, a white sourdough works just as well. The great thing about a classic french toast recipe is that you can cater the toppings however you please.

My favourite topping is maple syrup and strawberries, raspberries or blueberries but chocolate, a dusting of powdered sugar, pinch of salt and even condensed milk works just as well!

Egg mixture

This is made up with lots of milk, eggs, cinnamon and a touch of vanilla extract. You can use dairy-free milk such as oat milk or almond milk. This is an incredibly easy french toast recipe!

How to cook your french toast

There are many ways to cook french toast from placing them on a baking sheet and popping them in the oven to bake or frying them in a skillet pan in lots of butter for that extra flavor.

French Toast

French toast is an incredibly delicious meal that is effortless to throw together.

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Prep Time:5 minutes mins

Cook Time:6 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: French

Keyword: French toast, sweet french toast

Servings: 4

Author: Daen's Kitchen

Ingredients

6 Slices of white bread cut at 4cm thick
5 Eggs
1 1/2 cups Full cream milk
1/4 cup White sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tbsp Cinnamon
50 g Butter
Olive oil
Maple syrup
Strawberries sliced

Instructions

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla bean paste and cinnamon powder until all ingredients are well combined.
Place the slices of bread into a deep dish tray. The more snug they are the better. Pour the mixture all over the bread and leave to sit for a minimum of 2 hours or ideally overnight. The bread will soak up all of the liquid.
In a fry pan on a medium/high heat, melt the butter with a drizzle of olive oil. When the butter starts to foam, place a piece of bread into the pan and cook for 3 minutes on each side or until golden and crispy. Remove from the pan and repeat this step with the remainder of the bread.
Drizzle maple syrup all over and finish off with a sprinkling of fresh fruit.

FAQs

Should French toast have more eggs or milk? ›

A basic rule of thumb is about 1/4 cup of milk and one egg per two-slice serving—and if you want to avoid that "scrambled" taste, use only the yolks of some or all of the eggs.

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What happens if you soak French toast too long? ›

I was taught that when you make French Toast, you put your bread in the egg mixture leave it for a few seconds, turn it, leave it and then fry it. Don't leave it too long or it will turn to mush. Don't leave it long enough and the egg mixture barely coats the outside and isn't nearly as good.

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Should you cover French toast when cooking? ›

You can leave it longer if you want. Just cover it and refrigerate it (it's fine in the fridge overnight). To bake the French toast, cover it and slide it into your oven for 30 minutes. Uncover it and then bake another 10 minutes until the bread looks puffed and golden brown on top.

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Why is French toast unhealthy? ›

French Toast is a delicious breakfast entree that is loved by many. With this in mind, french toast can be very calorie dense with high amounts of added sugar and fat. But, it can be tweaked to reduce the sugar and fat content while adding some fiber to your breakfast - yay!

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What kind of bread is best for French toast? ›

For a solid French toast, aim for sturdy bread with a uniform texture and a soft crust. Hearty sandwich bread, brioche, challah, and shokupan (Japanese milk bread) are all great choices. Avoid rustic loaves with thick crusts or large holes in the interior.

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How can you tell when French toast is done? ›

"You know when your French toast is done when the center is set and doesn't have a runny consistency once cut," Oliveira says. If you're cooking a thinner French toast or omitted eggs from your soaking liquid, a quick pan-fry will do the trick, with 3 to 6 minutes on each side.

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Can bread be too hard for French toast? ›

Pick Your Bread Thoughtfully

To make classic French toast, you need bread without a hard crust.

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How do you keep French toast crisp? ›

Keep it crispy

He recommends setting the oven temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. On the second rack, Brown lines up his slices of bread dipped in the egg and milk mixture. He lets them sit for a minute before frying them, either in a pan or on an electric griddle.

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Why is my overnight French toast soggy? ›

There are a few potential reasons why your overnight French toast may be soggy. One possible culprit is that you did not use dense enough bread, which allowed the custard mixture to soak in too much.

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Should I cook French toast in butter or oil? ›

As you cook the French toast, bits of that nutty brown-butter flavor slowly develop — much slower than they would if you cooked with just butter alone — so the the French toast has time to cook evenly without burning. A neutral oil, like canola, is the way to go since it won't disrupt the flavor of the butter.

Are you supposed to toast your toast before making French toast? ›

Use stale bread or toast the bread until it's golden-brown. It needs to be sturdy to hold up to the egg mixture. If the bread is fresh from the bag or you toast it too lightly, the finished dish will be soggy. Soak the toasted or untoasted bread for about 10 seconds per side to achieve the optimal texture.

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