Simply Samantha: Simple French Toast

Hey guys! Welcome to Simply Samantha, where the cooking is simple, and the results are oh-so satisfying.

Today we are doing something super simple and something that even the kiddos can help you with! It’s easy cinnamon French toast.

Just a little back story about this recipe. My father and I are very close. We talk alike, we have the same smile lines, the same temperament, everything. So, it’s no surprise that I got his love of cooking, too! Now granted the first time I ever tried to cook on my own I burned spaghetti noodles because I didn’t know to turn the heat off after you drain the water, but in saying that, cooking is a trial and error thing, am I right?

Thanks to my dad and my mom, I have a love for food and a love for experimentation with it! My dad taught me how to make this French toast when I was about five or six. So automatically, I thought I knew it all like most kids that age! I cannot remember how many times I would cut him off thinking that I knew what he would say next, and every time I did I got that look that all dads can give to stop their kid in their tracks. You know the one where you don’t know if he’s going to yell at you or just shake his head at you in disapproval? LOL. Yeah, that one. Once I finally shut up and listened, it wasn’t as hard as I was making it out to be.

To press on, here is what he taught me! It wasn’t really a recipe, but I’m making it into one for time's sake! This will make about three to four pieces of French toast

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 3 to 4 pieces of white bread (you can try wheat, but I never have)
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• Decent amount of butter (because it’s the south y’all)

**If you want a flat French toast you can use a rolling pin, or something like one, to flatten the bread to however thin you want it. That’s not how my dad taught me, but since growing up and having a child I wanted to make it smaller for his little mouth.

**If you run out of eggs, add some milk to make the eggs go longer. This is also helpful when making scrambled eggs to make them fluffy!

Directions:

1. In a medium-sized bowl (make sure it's large enough to fit a piece of bread into without it mushing together), beat your three eggs until they are fully combined.
2. Once combined, add in the cinnamon and sugar to the mixture and whisk together again.
3. Place a skillet over medium heat on the stove and place about a tablespoon of butter in to the pan.
4. While the butter is melting, take your bread and fully submerse it into the egg-cinnamon-sugar mixture. Make sure that the bread is pretty much soggy in the mixture.
5. After the butter is almost totally melted, put in your first piece of soggy bread. You should hear a little bit of a sizzle, if you don’t then turn the heat up just a little to make sure that the eggs are going to get cooked. (If you want, you can place more than one piece in the pan at a time if it's large enough. This recipe works well in an electric skillet as well just add more butter if it's larger than a normal skillet.)
6. You can tell when the bread is ready to flip just by listening to it. Once the initial sizzle goes away, you are ready to flip, and the sizzle will start all over again. (The cooking time will vary depending on what you have adjusted your heat to.) When the other side is done sizzling, and everything is nice and golden brown, the you may remove the French toast.
7. If you didn’t use an electric skillet to make all the pieces at once, then I suggest using another tablespoon of butter in the skillet, just turn the heat down slightly before doing so or you will brown your butter quickly and will likely make some smoke.
8. Repeat 5–7 until you are finished making the amount of French toast that you desire.

Tips:

If you allow your bread to sit and soak in the egg mixture, then you might run out of egg quicker. If you do, then add one more egg at a time. If you are to double this recipe, then my dad taught me that whatever eggs are leftover you can always cook to go with the French toast <3

I hope you enjoy this as much as my family has, and as much as I enjoyed learning to make it, and remember, don’t knock it until you try it!