French Toast

The simplest! Use challah, French bread, or the loaves from the Polish grocery store next door. What? Oh, also, I’ve been known to do ½ cup milk and ½ cup half and half. Definitely not during my vegan before 6 phase. If you want a romantic petit dejeuner a deux, cut the recipe in half.

2 eggs

1 cup milk

A dash of salt

1 tablespoon sugar (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ground cinnamon or cardamom! (optional)

Butter or neutral oil, like grapeseed or corn, as needed

8 slices bread

1. Heat the oven to 200°F. Put a large griddle or skillet over medium heat while you prepare the egg mixture.

2. Beat the eggs lightly in a broad bowl and stir in the milk, the salt, and the sugar and vanilla or cinnamon or cardamom if you’re using them.

3. Add about 1 teaspoon of butter or oil to the griddle or skillet. When is the butter is melted or the oil is hot, dip each slice of bread in turn in the batter and put it on the griddle. Cook until nicely browned on each side, turning as necessary, for no more than 10 minutes or so total; you may find that you can raise the heat a bit. Serve immediately, or keep warm in the oven for up to 30 minutes.

A variation I like is Caramelized French Toast:

Don’t use sugar in the batter for this one. A sugar coating melts and creates a lightly crunchy coating: Sprinkle or dredge the dipped bread with sugar. Serve immediately.

from a Mark Bittman recipe