{"id":1058,"date":"2018-07-21T00:27:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T07:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/theparentnetwork\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2023-01-09T11:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:25:59","slug":"classic-french-toast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/classic-french-toast\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic French Toast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try this Classic French Toast recipe. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>6 large eggs<\/li><li>1 1\/2 cups heavy cream, half-and-half, or milk<\/li><li>2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract<\/li><li>1\/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li><li>Pinch of ground nutmeg<\/li><li>Pinch of salt<\/li><li>6 slices thick bread<\/li><li>4 tablespoons unsalted butter<\/li><li>4 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/li><li>Pure maple syrup, for serving (optional)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00a0Preheat\u00a0oven\u00a0to 250 degrees.<\/li><li>Whisk  eggs, cream, vanilla,\u00a0cinnamon, nutmeg, and\u00a0salt\u00a0together in a  medium\u00a0bowl; set aside.<\/li><li>Place bread in a shallow baking dish large enough to hold bread slices in a single layer. <\/li><li>Pour egg mixture over bread;  soak 3 minutes. Turn slices over; soak until soaked through, about 3  minutes more.<\/li><li> Place a\u00a0wire\u00a0rack on a baking sheet, and set aside. <\/li><li>Heat 2  tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a\u00a0skillet\u00a0over  medium heat. <\/li><li>Fry half the bread slices until golden brown, 2 to 3  minutes per side.<\/li><li>Transfer to\u00a0wire\u00a0rack; place in\u00a0oven\u00a0while cooking  remaining bread.<\/li><li>Wipe\u00a0skillet, and repeat with remaining butter, oil,  and bread. <\/li><li>Keep in\u00a0oven\u00a0until ready to serve. Serve you classic French toast warm with pure maple  syrup, if desired. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong> use any bread sourdough, brioche, but I like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/blocked?url=L2lwL0dyZWF0LVZhbHVlLVRleGFzLVRvYXN0LVRoaWNrLVNsaWNlZC1CcmVhZC0yMC1vei8xODU3MDEwNTE=&amp;uuid=8563ef92-e961-11ec-a084-6e7445496f54&amp;vid=&amp;g=b\">Texas Toast<\/a> because of it&#8217;s thickness and it adds more favor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How about lunch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/classic-grilled-cheese\/\">Classic Grilled Cheese &amp; Delicious Grown Up Grilled Cheese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/classic-french-toast.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/classic-french-toast.jpg\" alt=\"classic-french-toast\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-1963\" width=\"311\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27311%27%20height%3D%27343%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20311%20343%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27311%27%20height%3D%27343%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/classic-french-toast-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/classic-french-toast.jpg 401w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption>Classic French Toast made with  Texas Toast <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classic French Toast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[533],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3277,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/3277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destinationsitters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}