Something Sweets #1 - Cook Like Donna Hay

I browsed a few simple recipes from Donna Hay's website. I found most of her recipes are pretty easy. I chose one of her something sweets menu ~ Cinnamon French Toast. Quite a common snack for breakfast, brunch or maybe as a late night supper.

 

All of us know how to make french toast, so what it is so special about this recipe? Most of the time we used our local loaf of bread from Gardenia or High5, but in DH's recipe, she used the real French Baguette. This bread is crust and hard outside but inside is very soft. I grab one thin loaf of baguette from Tesco which is only RM1.30 to prepare french toast as a late night snack with my son. Usually my parents love to have it just like that with a cup of coffee.

Let see what are the ingredients we need to make this french toast...

• 3 eggs,  ¼ cup (60ml) milk, ⅓ cup (75g) caster(superfine) sugar, ¼ cup (60ml) pouring (single) cream, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon* powder, 1 teaspoon orange (Original~lemon)rind finely grated, 20g butter, 10 - 12 slices baguette, maple syrup to serve(optional)
• * Cinnamon always goes well with bread.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, sugar, cream, cinnamon powder and orange rind. Mix well. Then heat a medium non-stick frying pan over high heat, add the butter and heat until melted and just starting to bubble.

I was afraid that Calvin may don't like the smell of cinnamon, but somehow Calvin loves it. At this stage of growing, my son often request to have some snack before bed time. So I take this opportunity to prepare some easy snack from DH's site.

The next morning, Calvin asked for the french toast still got or not? :D

I cook this Donna Hay recipe ~ Cinnamon French Toast and would like to post this linked to the blog hop event, Cook like a Star (March 2012), organised by Bake for Happy Kids.

Dip the bread slices in the egg mixture and cook, in batches, for 2 minutes each side or until golden. Serve with the maple syrup. Serves 4.

Tips: When cooking, frequently flip the bread so it will not burnt easily. The french toast is slightly brownish because I used cinnamon. I found out that using French baguette is more healthy. Why? I realized those normal Gardenia bread soaks more excess oil than baguette.