French Toast

When life gives you leftover challah bread, make French toast. This is exactly what I did. In my opinion, french toast is the perfect meal for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. It's easy and affordable. You really only need three major ingredients. Bread, milk and eggs (I can only assume people in Atlanta must survive on french toast when we have ice/snow storms). You can throw in some extra ingredients if you want to make it fancy, but they are optional. Here is my recipe for French toast.

Ingredients
6-8 slices of bread (preferably challah, but any will do)
3 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon raw sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1-2 tablespoons butter

Bonus Ingredient: 1 tablespoon Gran Marnier(optional and you can sub orange juice)









Directions
1. In a large mixing bowl whisk eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon & Gran Marnier together until combined.

2. Slice 6-8 pieces of challah bread (about 1/2 in or 1 in thick, depending on how you like it)


3. Dip each piece of bread into the egg mixture. Coat completely and then place on a rack and let excess drip off. Repeat this process one more time.

4. Heat a large, nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add butter. When the butter starts to foam, add the bread 2 to 3 pieces at a time.  After about a minute or so, check to see if the other side is browning. When lightly brown, turn bread over and brown the other side. Once browned on both sides, remove from pan and repeat with the remaining slices of bread.

5. Serve with real maple syrup, fresh fruit, and/or powdered sugar.