It’s Sunday, I’m tired and I was hungry! I pulled out Rachel Allen’s Home Cooking book, which has a great breakfast section in.
I stumbled her French toast recipe. The French term for this eggy bread creation is pain perdu –very fancy! This toast was perfect for using up some leftover bread that I had. Don’t get me wrong, I know how to make it without a recipe, but I love the idea of using cinnamon in the mix. Cook books are great for giving me little new ideas on what to add or change in recipes that I’ve cooked for years.
Cinnamon French Toast:
25g butter
2 eggs
Ground cinnamon
2 tbsp milk
4 slices of bread
Maple syrup
2 bananas
Heat up a medium frying pan, adding the butter. Meanwhile whisk the eggs, milk and cinnamon in a shallow bowl.
Soak the bread in the egg mixture for a few seconds on each side and place in the hot pan.
Cook for a minute or two until golden brown and place on a warm plate.
I served mine with bananas and maple syrup!
Melissa xx
Strangely, I’ve never actually had French toast, but I can imagine enjoying it if I was in the mood. Love the cinnamon!
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It’s so quick and simple, it was perfect for a sunday morning….
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I bet, I had an even quicker & simpler option, an almond croissant from the local patisserie! Yum 😉
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Yum indeed! If I could get a decent one around here, I would have done that too!
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Back in my gluten-full days I used to love French Toast! I think I need to bring it back in some form! This looks delicious!
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It was yummy Laura, just what I needed for a lazy sunday!
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The book looks great and so does the recipe!
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Thanks Shanna xx
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Love the bananas and maple syrup too! Yum!!
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Oh yes, so do I Selma xx
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Lovely start to your day!!! X
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It was xx
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YUM-MY!!!!
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Have you guys had a beautiful day today too?
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Light rain and overcast today :-(… Not dark yet though 🙂
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Oh really? We’ve had a beautiful day 🙂 the mind of day that makes you forgive all the rubbish ones!!
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Lucky you! We had a dry few hours on Friday, and we were both off… Went on a great walk down river for a couple if hours.
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Lovely xx
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I’ve seen this so many times (e.g., Nigella), but never even considered making it. Now I might. So it’ll be your fault!
😉
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Excellent 🙂 And it’s so frickin’ easy too
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Melissa…this looks so delicious… I LOVE bananas… I LOVE French toast… it only makes sense that they need to be eaten together… LOVE this!! 🙂
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🙂
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This is one of my favorite breakfasts! Nice addition of bananas. I think I have to make this very very soon. Yum!
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It was delicious Amanda!
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my but that is lovely! Love how cookbooks inspire.
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They need to, I have so many!
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I was craving French toast last weekend! I always add a tiny drop of vanilla extract to the egg, and never forget the cinnamon!
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Oooh, great tip. Thanks!
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The french toast looks delicious and the banana addition is great!
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Very simple, very quick, perfect for a Sunday xx
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