the other day i was with my kids after a doctor appointment running around and we stopped in at Trader Joe's. Honestly we go mostly for the tiny shopping carts. my girls love them. i end up throwing random things in their carts just so they feel like they are helping and i come home with all sorts of surprises..sigh..
i spied challah bread, and it looked so shiny and inviting, you could almost see the sheen from the egg wash atop the fluffy pillowy bread. i threw it in the cart.
somehow,
-fresh flowers-they seem to last longer than some flowers i come home with,
-cambazola-a delicious soft cheese that is the perfect blend of cambebert and gorgonzola, i love to pair it with raspberry or fig jam smeared on crackers
-figi water-what can i say, i am a sucker for packaging and i honestly feel like this water tastes like silk on my tongue
-frozen macarons&frozen remade/pre cut lemon bars -we had our mentor couple coming that evening so that would take care of that
-oh, and a jug of heavy whipping cream
all these rand o's ended up in the cart..
anyways, nathan was gone all day working and then helping a friend move so i knew i wasn't up to making a huge dinner or anything, something that would feed the kids with minimal effort and not a lot of comments from the peanut gallery. that's my kids. they swing either way with their commentary of my food-picky little buggers, but when they do like something, it's a win for me and they are good at letting me know:) i looked up a few recipes on Pinterest for french toast, and i remember also having challah french bread at restaurants..i'd been meaning to try it at home, so it seemed like a good option.
i saw one recipe where it both fried the toast on the griddle and then popped it in the oven to give it that amazing texture and i loved that idea! i was determined to try it out.
i guess this recipe in it's origins was an adaptation from an Alton Brown recipe, so i thought it could be trusted. i also happened to have most of the ingredients in my fridge, so that helped me out too.
i loved how the french toast turned out! it was toasted and a soft crunch layer on the outside, marbles of brown and gold, and the bites on the inside was the soft, eggy-yet not soggy fluff i was looking for. i love a thick, rich french toast, but not so soggy and floppy like mine usually end up in the past-no longer! i think that extra step of popping the bread in the oven for even 5 minutes made all the difference! i don't know why i didn't try that before! My son's comment after a few bites he exclaimed, "wow, mom! this tastes like Anna's house!" [anna's house is a favorite breakfast restaurant that we frequent so if my food gets compared to that, then i consider that an accomplishment]
here's the recipe:
you'll need:
1 loaf of challah bread, sliced about 3/4 inch thick
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
3 eggs
2 tablespoons of honey
pinch of salt
3-4 tablespoons of butter
preheat oven to 375 degrees.
in a shallow baking dish, whisk together the milk, heavy whipping cream, eggs, honey, and salt.
soak the slices of bread on each side till they are nice and coated and even a little weighty from the custard. place on a cooling rack that sits atop a baking sheet to catch spills. let sit for a few minutes.
spray some cooking spray on the griddle and then drop a dollop of butter. you want medium-low heat and then proceed to cook french toast slices for about 2-3 minutes on each side.
transfer cooked slices to the sheet pan and bake for 5 minutes. [BEST PART]
remove goodness from the oven and plate the golden pillows. dust with powdered sugar and top with fresh strawberries. add syrup too.
eat up.
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