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How to Make French Toast
from:French toast is a very flexible recipe. There are hundreds of different variations and it can be:
- Fried or baked
- Prepared and served immediately, or prepared in advance and stored overnight
- Depending on the ingredients (e.g. savory or sweet), it is suitable for breakfast, a main meal or dessert
- Slices of bread (preferably slightly stale bread)
- A mixture of egg and milk, in which the bread is soaked. Some of the richer recipes will use cream as well.
- Sugar and/or spices. Depending on the recipe, these may be added during preparation or may be added after cooking. Maple syrup is a popular substitute for sugar, especially in Canada and the USA. Common spices include nutmeg, vanilla and cinnamon.
- Fry or bake the soaked bread, depending on the recipe.
In America there were a number of names for the recipe, but it was perhaps most commonly known as "German Toast" prior to World War I. However, anti-German sentiment at that time resulted in it being renamed to "French Toast". Since 2003 the anti-French sentiment in parts of the USA resulting from opposing positions over the Iraq war has resulted in it being renamed to "Freedom Toast" in the White House, US Congress and some restaurants. At about the same time these institutions also renamed "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries".
Several different recipes and further information on French toast is provided at How to Make French Toast. Following is a typical recipe:
Ingredients (for 4 people):
- 12 slices of bread (thick cut). Slightly stale bread is better as it will absorb the batter mixture better. If you don't have stale bread, you can leave sliced fresh bread out for a while to allow it to dry a bit.
- 6 eggs
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Beat the eggs
- Add the milk, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix with the beaten eggs.
- Soak the bread slices in the mixture.
- Fry the soaked bread on one side until golden brown, then turn and fry until the other side is golden brown. Either use a non-stick pan, or add butter to an ordinary fry pan, to avoid the French toast sticking to the pan.
- Serve. Depending on individual tastes, one can sprinkle sugar or add maple syrup on top.
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