There’s no messing around when it comes to French toast, period. If you’re looking for the perfect way to conquer this delicious breakfast food, it’s all about the bread. No, not fresh bread; that’s right, the stale stuff is where it’s at.
Get ready to impress your friends, because your French toast just got way more awesome. Using dried out bread is the best because the middle insides won’t get all eggy-tasting and soggy. Soggy is only acceptable if maple syrup is involved. If you don’t have stale bread to use up, you can dry out a fresh loaf right in your oven.
Lifehacker found this stale bread tip from WonderHowTo. It’s all about removing the extra moisture as Cook’s illustrated notes in their recipe. Stale bread is flavorless bread—this is exactly what you’re going for. All you have to do is grab up a few slices of bread, and place them on an wire rack at 300°F. I’m pretty sure your oven rack would work just fine too. Then, dry out your slices for eight minutes on each side. So easy.
Now it’s time to coat, coat, coat!
Before you know it, you’ll have a slight crisp on the outside accompanied by a soft, pillowy inside—the way the French of toast should be. The best part is? Well, besides perfect French toast, you don’t have to worry about your bread falling apart on you while you so tirelessly try to coat it in all things glorious.
If you don’t feel like turning on your oven, you can always allow your bread slices to be out overnight to get the same effect. Breakfast for dinner anyone? One of my guilty pleasures for sure…
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