Delicious, fluffy country-style French toast is much easier to make than you think. The key is to use real butter melted on a preheated skillet or griddle. Restaurant-style french is usually made with thick sliced “Texas toast“. Most supermarkets carry brand name Texas toast and is perfect for this recipe. Bakeries can also thick slice your favorite freshly baked bread and that’s a wonderful option as well.
How to Make the Best French Toast
When you dunk the bread into the mixture, you don’t have to let it soak up like a sponge. Rather, dunk the bread so that both sides are generously coated with the egg mixture. Also, when it’s cooking on the skillet, you can use the back of your spatula to gently press down on the center of the bread pieces just to make sure it’s all coming into contact with the heated surface. Sometimes the crust makes more contact so doing this ensures a nice even golden brown on the entire surface of the bread.
When serving french toast add some pats of whipped butter and powdered sugar. And of course, if you have 100% pure maple syrup, I assure it makes all the difference in making this a true country style french toast.
Try out some other toast recipes too, like the Sourdough French Toast and Grandma’s French Toast Recipe. I am sure you will love it!
Country French Toast FAQs
Country French toasts are so easy to make! It’s easy to whip up a slice for a yummy breakfast or whenever you’re just craving for it. But sometimes, you get #countryFrenchtoastfail.
Listed are some of the reasons why your country French toast is a disaster.
How Much Should the Egg and Milk be Mixed?
Make sure to whisk the milk and egg custard. Not mixing it can lead to specks of white or golden yolk on your bread. It will also taste eggier too if the custard isn’t mixed thoroughly.
How Thick Should the Bread Be?
The perfect bread for French toast should be spongy. However, it should still be strong enough to hold itself so it won’t fall apart during cooking. A very thin bread will be flimsy and will disintegrate. A bread slice that’s too thick will have an uneven flavour since it won’t soak all the way to the centre.
Brioche, Pullman, and challah are perfect slices of bread for French toast. And if you’re using French bread, limit the size of the slice to around ¾ to 1 inch thick.
How Much Should the Bread Be Soaked?
Your bread has to have a good soak of the custard to develop a good flavour, but avoid over-soaking it. A good 15 seconds with gentle pressure should be enough.
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Serves: 4
- 8 slices Texas toast (thick sliced bread)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1½ teaspoons real vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter
- Pinch of salt
- Preheat a large skillet or griddle over medium-low heat.
- Using a large bowl, beat eggs with vanilla extract, milk and salt.
- Melt butter on skillet/griddle.
- Place bread into batter to coat one side. Flip over and repeat with other side.You don't want to soak the bread, just have each side coated well with the batter.
- Place on griddle/skillet until nicely browned - usually about 1 minute per side.
- Serving suggestion: Country French toast is perfect with a pat of butter, lightly covered with powdered sugar and served with pure maple syrup.
I cooked this receipe today during the morning rush of getting everyone ready and out the door for work and school. Very simple and taste delicious.
Thanks for trying this recipe Tiffany 🙂 Glad it was a big hit for everyone
I made this recipe using Trader Joe’s French Brioche, a sweet. buttery, rich thick sliced bread. Since I am non-dairy, I used So Delicious Culinary Coconut Milk in place of the milk. it gives the french toast just a hint of coconut taste and is delicious. This was a big hit with my family. I usually cook the whole loaf of bread, let it cool, wrap in saran wrap, place in a large baggie, and freeze. A treat when one doesn’t want to splurge every day!
I too am making this right now with the brioche from Trader Joe’s. Just a heads up that you may already know, but the bread has butter in jt. Thus it’s not non dairy. So good!!
This was SUCH a yummy recipe! I doubled the eggs and added Egg Nog instead of milk for a festive treat! thank you!!
Oooooh maybe that’s what I’ve done wrong. I think I have soaked the bread too long. It’s not bad really but can get too eggy
I can always taste the egg. Am I not mixing the eggs enough
Yes you probably are mixing them wrong and also maybe don’t add as many eggs
This is a great classic recipe, though I did add a tbs. of dark brown sugar, a tsp of cinnamon and a few grates of nutmeg to the batter. It really gives it an extra special flavor and aroma! My son teenage son ate 4 pcs. Served with Irish butter and real maple syrup, it was the best!!
I’ve been trying different French toast recipes. I made this one this morning and added cinnamon. The family loved it! Thank you!
Perfect and delicious for a Sunday morning brunch, will definitely use this recipe again
My Son loved these toast when I packed it in his tiffin, but also complained to me that he has to share it with his friends as the too loved it. Wants me to cook again.
Been making French Toast forever and always used cinnamon. This recipe was simple and delicious. Everyone liked it better than the original way. The picture made my mouth water and it wasn’t far off. It’s tasted as good as it looked. Tried a few with cinnamon too but liked it better without. The thick bread was key to the moistness. Thanks !
This is actually a really good, simple recipe. My teenagers LOVED it.
Can I not cut the French Toast in half after I take it off of the griddle?
This is the best basic French toast recipe! I’ve made it several times to everyone’s enjoyment.
Just something to think about, I believe 15 minutes is too long for soaking the bread. Give your thoughts on that.
Thanks and French toast is always a GOOD thing!
THanks Marilyn – you are right! it should have been 15 seconds… thanks for letting us know. Enjoy your French Toast – we agree – always a good thing 😉
I totally agree with Marilyn who commented 2-9-2022.
I believe you meant to say 15 seconds not 15 minutes in the section where you talk about soaking the bread.
Thank you! we have corrected the recipe
“covered with powdered and”???
With powdwred WHAT????????