Quick and easy French toast recipe

Posted: March 25, 2025

A delicious easy French toast recipe. I’ll show you how to get a stack of delicious sweet slices on the table in no time at all.

Making French Toast

French toast is something I love but rarely make. When it is made here, we usually eat it for breakfast or lunch on the weekend.

I really enjoy eating it with the family. You can sprinkle some (powdered) sugar on them or serve them with strawberries, but they are delicious without all those extras.

Here at home, we like to eat them with a slice of cheese, a savory twist but also so delicious!

What is French Toast?

Soaking thick slices of bread in an egg mixture (whole milk and egg) and then frying them in a pan creates a delicious new creation: French toast.

Don’t forget to flip it while frying, as both sides must be golden brown. The egg-and-milk mixture is usually flavored with a little sugar and cinnamon, but these can also be sprinkled over the baked result as well.

I like to mix in cinnamon with the eggs and milk, and use powdered sugared on top of the baked result.

Old-fashioned French Toast

French toast is a sweet dish invented to give stale bread a new purpose. Bread, especially homemade bread, tends to get old and dry quickly.

If you make this recipe with fresh bread, the result quickly becomes soggy, which is not tasty.

You’ll often find this dish called “French toast” on menus (or abroad), and I personally like to order it when I’m out and about.

It’s also called pain perdu (literally meaning lost or wasted bread) and you can pretty much find it around the world in different versions.

How to make a classic French toast recipe

Obviously making French toast is super easy to do. You need a shallow dish where you mix the milk and the eggs in and ideally day-old bread like brioche bread.

The best bread to use is mostly depending on your preference. You can use almost any kind of bread you like. For the perfect french toast I do like to use brioche, but feel free to use whatever bread you prefer.

For the pictures you see here, I used simple white sandwich bread.

You add the bread in a single layer in your milk mixture and add a large skillet on medium heat on the stove.

Don’t let the bread soak for too long or it will start to fall apart. You add a bit of butter to the pan and bake both sides of the slice of bread.

Let it rest on a wire rack for a little bit. And that’s all there is to it. It is delicious served with fresh fruit or fresh berries and a bit of heavy cream whipped to soft peaks. It’s a delicious breakfast but can even serve as a dessert.

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I only have fresh bread in the house.

Of course, you can make this recipe with fresh bread, but make sure the soaked slices of bread will not fall apart when placing them in the skillet.

Can I use anything other than white bread?

Of course you can! That’s the genius of this recipe: you can basically make it with any kind of bread, as long as it’s stale. You can even make a french toast casserole if you want to keep it simple!

Can I make French toast without milk?

You can replace the milk in the recipe with a lactose-free milk alternative or a plant-based milk like almond milk or coconut milk for instance.

Omitting it is not the way to go because the bread needs the moisture. With just the eggs it would be a weird kind of omelette.

Can you make a savory version?

Oh yes, I love savory French toast! You can use white bread, but a savory bread is also great. Basically, you can follow the recipe below, omitting the sugar and cinnamon.

After baking, you can add savory toppings of your choice, such as cheese, avocado, roasted vegetables, tapenade, pesto, pinch of salt etc.

It is also delicious to add a nice filling before baking, as I did once with my savory pesto and cheese French toast. Like grilled cheese, but different.

So this is a pretty easy recipe to vary. Since it’s such simple ingredients it’s also super easy to make your own variations.

Can they be made in a waffle iron?

In theory, this should be possible. I haven’t tested it myself, but I’ve seen recipes like this before. It’s on my (long) baking list to try them in my waffle iron, but maybe a contact grill that you use to make sandwiches on will work even better.

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French Toast Recipe

A delicious French toast recipe. Read how you can have a stack of delicious French toast on the table in no time.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Servings: french toast

Ingredients

Metric | US Customary

8 slices bread
2 eggs
250 ml milk
16 g vanilla sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Beat the eggs, milk, vanilla sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Pour the mixture into a deep bowl or plate.
Dip the slices in the mixture. Make sure they are well coated on both sides. Usually 1 minute per side is enough, but it depends on how old (and dry) the bread is.
Heat some butter in a frying pan and fry the French toast until cooked and golden brown on both sides. We always make it in rounds here so everyone can eat it warm and fresh, which is when it tastes the best.

Tips

Serve French toast with fresh red fruit and extra powdered sugar or maple syrup. It tastes even better.

How to store

I do not recommend storing French toast because it simply does not taste good. So do not make more than you are going to use.

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