Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Yummilicious Cinnamon Toast (An awesome treat for a lunch box)

Yummiest Cinnamon Toast

Call it Cinnamon Toast, French Toast , Eggy Bread or anything else it is just as delicious and you cannot just stop at one. At least I can't. I have loved this bread snack since I was about 9 or 10 and now that my son loves it just as much I am glad to make it for the two of us (or sometimes even for hubby if we leave any for him) on a Sunday morning or sometimes as a lunch box treat.


It's the easiest thing to make, almost embarrassingly easy actually to blog about but I love it so much that it has to have a place on my blog. You can make it as simple or as rich as you like. And make it with plain bread or a speciality bread, the choice is yours.


This time I used Brioche instead of plain ordinary white bread. Brioche is a sweet buttery french bread that tastes awesome even when eaten all by itself with a strong cup of coffee or it is one of the  best bases for something like this Cinnamon toast or a rich Brioche Butter Pudding. It's available easily in the bakery section in the form of a loaf or there are packs of 6 small brioche loaves.


I used a combination of Cinnamon and Vanilla in my toast which went beautifully together, but to give it an Indian touch you could use Cardammom or Nutmeg  powder and a bit of Saffron essence. These spices taste great too. My mom used to make it with Cardammom.




What you need:
6 thick slices of Brioche
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup milk
4 to 5 tspns sugar
1/2 tspn cinnammon powder,
1 tblspn vanilla essence
Some sugar to sprinkle on top
Butter or oil for lightly frring the toast


Method:
Mix together the milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla  and pour this mixture out into a  shallow dish . This makes it easy to dip the bread slices into the batter and soak the mixture.
Heat a frying pan or a skillet or tawa and  coat it generously with butter or oil.
When the pan is hot, dip  a slice of bread on both sides into the egg milk mixture  and put it on the pan. The pan should be hot enough so that there is a sizzling sound . Lower the heat to medium after a minute so that the bread cooks to a beautiful golden colour without burning.
Turn the toast over to the other side and cook this side until golden and crisp as well.
Do all the slices in the same way.
While each toast is still hot sprinkle sugar on it.


That's it . Your Crispy Golden Cinnamon Toast is ready for you to enjoy.

9 comments:

Finla said...

I love that you used brioche than the normal bread.
We had this when we came back from school when mom didn't had time to make anything else. She just ueds normal sugar minus the cinamon.

Usha said...

Wow this looks like a real treat, very tempting !

tinyskillet said...

My daughter loves to make French toast with cinnamon. Yours look fabulous with the brioche! Yum!

Jaya M said...

These looks so delicious ...quite a variation from the normal french toast :)..
hugs and smiles

Mamta said...

wow...looks so yummy.Your lucid way of describing your recipies is what I most like about your blog.Thanks for sharing and continue posting yummy recipies.

Ann said...

Yum. I wonder why i always forget to make this when I'ms cratching my head wondering what to make for breakfast. Your pic of the bread is so enticing. I've never tried adding cinnamon to them. That must be a treat!

Barbara said...

Using brioche would make this a very special French toast, Anupama! Rich and delicious! I like the touch of cinnamon too. I've always like it better than pancakes. Easier too.
Thanks for visiting my blog! Nice to have a new foodie friend!

Unknown said...

Seeing this makes me nostalgic! Amma makes the best french toast. Looks so good!

Miss. Tarrah Dame said...

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