French Toast Recipe with Vanilla

There are many records that prove French toast recipes are as old as 1800's and remain popular even today. It is one of the most favorite breakfast recipes and eaten the world over. French toast is known by many names all over the world, like 'eggy bread' in Britain and 'pain perdu' in French. Pain perdu means 'lost bread', as the bread gets lost under a layer of egg and milk batter. Are you tempted to try out a French toast recipe? Just follow the instructions given below and make yourself a yummy toast.

How to Make French Toast
Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 8 thick
• Slices of 2-day-old bread, better if slightly stale
• Butter
• Maple syrup

Method of Preparation

Beat eggs, milk, and cinnamon together and whisk until well blended. Pour the mixture into a shallow bowl. Now dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture and allow the bread to soak up some of the mixture. In a large skillet, melt some butter or vegetable oil at medium high heat. Add the dipped bread slices onto the skillet and fry until brown on both sides. Flip the bread when necessary. Serve hot your French toast with butter and maple syrup, if desired.

This was just a basic version of French toast. You can try some spicy and sweet versions of French toast recipe with vanilla. The following French toast recipes with vanilla will show you many different ways to prepare your morning snack.

Vanilla French Toast Recipe
Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 6 slices day-old bread
• Maple syrup or cinnamon-sugar

Method of Preparation

Beat eggs in a bowl and add milk, sugar, vanilla and salt. Soak bread slices in the milk batter till the bread soaks the batter on each side. In a large skillet, fry the bread slices in butter on medium heat, until golden brown on both sides. Serve your vanilla French toast with maple syrup or cinnamon-sugar.

Vanilla Cream French Toast Recipe
Ingredients

• 8 slices of French bread
• ½ cup heavy cream or whipping cream
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Butter for frying

Method of Preparation

In a medium shallow bowl, beat the eggs, cream, sugar and vanilla. Dip bread slices into egg mixture, till the bread soaks the batter on each side. In a large skillet, fry the bread slices in butter and cook each slice till both sides are golden-brown. Serve with maple syrup.

Vanilla-Cinnamon Baked French Toast Recipe
Ingredients

• 1 pound of loaf French bread, cut diagonally in 1 inch slices
• 8 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1½ cups half-and-half cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ cup butter
• 1-1/3 cups brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Method of Preparation

Take a 9 x 13 inch baking dish and butter it well. In the tray bottom arrange the slices of bread. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Pour the batter over bread slices, cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 350º F (175º C), the next morning. Combine butter, brown sugar and corn syrup in a small saucepan and heat until bubbling. Pour this bubbly mixture over bread and egg mixture. Bake in preheated oven, uncovered, for 40 minutes. Serve hot vanilla-cinnamon baked French toast.

Apple Cinnamon Vanilla French Toast
Ingredients

• 10 slices day-old French bread
• 6 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 ¾ cups milk
• 2/3 cup sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 medium apples - peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

Method of Preparation

Place bread in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish. Combine eggs, milk, 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla in a bowl. Pour half of the batter over bread. Place a layer of apple slices over the bread slices. Combine cinnamon, nutmeg and remaining sugar and sprinkle half of it over apples. Again top with the remaining apples. Now pour remaining batter mixture over apples and sprinkle it with remaining sugar mixture. Dot with butter. Cover and chill for 8 hours or overnight. Remove from refrigerator about 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350º F for 1 hour or till a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let the apple cinnamon vanilla French toast stand for 5 minutes before serving.

These were a few delicious French toast recipe with vanilla, that will give a kick start to your day. Just try these filling French toast recipes and make your morning a very good morning!