What About French Toast?

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Last week I thought about buying bagels for my usual Sunday morning breakfast, but I decided against it. Did there have to be a reason? If there was, I forgot it. It came to me in the night that I hadn’t had French toast in three or four years. YEARS!! I didn’t think about it again until after I had gone to church on line. It wouldn’t be a big production to coat two pieces of bread and cook them. No need to look at a recipe. Who would need directions for something that should come naturally? Don’t over-think it. Just do it.

How do you like your French toast? Should it be sweet or a bland background for real maple syrup? Should it have cinnamon? Do you like it soggy or slightly crisp? Does it matter what it looks like?

I don’t remember what pan I used in the past, but my eye lit on the wok. It lives on the stove, because it’s too big to store anywhere else. It’s too heavy to sling around, too. The battered bread looked good, with the coating nice and even. It got a little too brown while I made coffee. That wouldn’t have mattered to me, but there were spots of brown and quite a bit of uncooked batter. Good grief! The toast was not cooking evenly! I began to play with the mess, turning the bread this way and that, while pressing the raw spots into the pan. I turned off the heat, put one piece on a plate and left the other to stay warm in the pan.

Since the first piece was on the soggy side, I put the other one in the air fryer. It got reasonably stiff, but it also repelled the syrup. There has to be a middle road, but I wasn’t on it. That’s a real drawback of living alone. There was no one to laugh with me at this culinary blip. If I can muster up one giggle before the day is out, all will be well.

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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29 thoughts on “What About French Toast?”

  2. I am okay with French toast being a little on the soggy side…but then, I like my bacon to wave at me, too. If it helps, I laughed “with” you tonight while reading this.

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  5. I make French Toast every other Sunday. (alternate it with pancakes) I have the perfect recipe (in my head) and always fry it in butter in a heavy flat frying pan. I didn’t think a wok would work as it doesn’t have a flat bottom. Here’s my recipe I’ve used for over 50 years:

    Mix 1/4 cup of flour with 1/4 cup of milk and a dash of nutmeg to form a paste. Add 2 eggs and beat until smooth. Then stir in another 1/4 cup of milk and a teaspoon of vanilla. Soak thick slices of stale bread in the mixture and fry in butter in a cast iron or heavy pan until browned on both sides. Serve with fruit and/or maple syrup. Yum! You can cut it in half for one person. They are even good as leftovers. (My dogs love them too!!)

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      1. Happy to share! The original recipe is from A Robin Hood Flour Cookbook I won at age 13 at a baking competition, can you believe?

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  6. I had French toast for breakfast Sunday after church as well. It’s what I make when I want a treat. I just beat two eggs, dunk three slices of white bread in it (one by one), and fry it in butter in an electric skillet. Mine is usually a little soggy and medium brown. I sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it and call it done.

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  9. I make French toast with just eggs and milk, with a drop of vanilla. Mix up an egg with just a splash of milk and vanilla. Quickly dip the bread on one side, flip and dip the other and place in a pan heated to medium high heat with a bit of butter. I use a flat bottom skillet or my cast iron pan, so the entire surface of the bread is touching the pan. Stand over it, when it releases from the bottom, about a minute later, flip and cook the other side. My husband loves it with cinnamon in the egg dip. I also make it with egg nog at holiday time, just egg nog and a dash of cinnamon. Using an artisan bread makes a heartier breakfast.

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  11. When I was a kid I lived on French Toast for breakfast, but like you I haven’t had any years. Answering your questions: bland background for real maple syrup. with cinnamon. slightly crisp. looks are irrelevant.

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  13. The only breakfast food that can compete with French Toast are Crepes. Both of these breakfasts can get me out of bed to do my morning chores. Carpet cleaning seems so easy when you know you are about to eat some french toast.

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