French Toast
French toast is, in our opinion, best made with brioche as it’s rich and buttery, but of course this is also fantastic made with good old-fashioned yesterday’s bread — preferably sourdough. We serve the French toast here simply with maple syrup and banana, but for adults you can swap the banana for bacon, or alternately just serve with a good drizzle of berry purée.
Ingredients 8
4 eggs
250 ml full-cream milk, (whole milk)
1 tsp natural vanilla extract
4 slices brioche, thick
50 g butter
2 bananas, peeled, thickly sliced
maple syrup, to serve
ground cinnamon, to serve, just a tiny amount for babies
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Method 4
Beat the together with the and in a large shallow bowl. Add the or bread slices and let them soak up the egg mixture for a few minutes.
Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat and add the . When the butter is bubbling, give the /bread slices one final thorough dip in the egg mixture, drain the excess (just lightly as you want all the you can get) and add each slice to the pan. You may need to cook the toast in 2 batches.
Cook for about 2 minutes on each side until golden and crusty, then transfer the slices to serving plates.
Share the sliced across the plates and finish with a drizzle of maple syrup and a sprinkling of cinnamon.
Pam Brook's tips
For younger babies 7 months plus, French toast is great finger food. Trim the crusts off the bread before adding it to the egg batter to make the French toast softer for baby. Cut the French toast into ‘soldiers’ (finger-sized pieces).
For older babies cut the toast into soldiers and serve with mashed banana.
For toddlers cut the toast into soldiers and serve with sliced banana — and a drizzle of maple syrup for older toddlers.
