Apple French Toast

Apple French Toast is an easy and simple breakfast or brunch to warm your fall! Crispy golden brown bread toast meets caramelized and spiced apple cinnamon. Indulgent treat to start your morning fall!

Who likes breakfast with a toast menu?

Toast is indeed a quick and easy menu for breakfast. In addition, its savory, sweet, and tender taste makes almost everyone likes toast.

To enjoy bread toast, we will buy it at a cafe, cake shop, or bakery shop. Actually, in Indonesia, many street vendors also sell toasts. They sell it with any toppings. Also, they would prefer to sell it at night rather than in the morning.

Besides, bread becomes a solution for everyone who is busy. If you don’t have time to prepare breakfast, bread can be the simple breakfast menu idea to fill your hunger. Usually, you serve plain bread along with your favorite jam, filling, or butter spread. Even though it seems simple, the bread content carbohydrate. Of course, you need the carbohydrate content because it becomes a source of energy for your body. It keeps the stomach full for your daily activities.

Well, for you who want to eat bread differently, you can try making french toast for your breakfast. French Toast means Egg Bread from France. There are some people called Gipsy Bread. It is one of the delicious and nutritious breakfast menus.

You might guess that the bread comes from France. But, is it true that French toast is from France?

Did French Toast Come From France?

From the name, we might assume that this bread is from France.

But actually, french toast does not originate from France. Also, it is not a typical dish of this country. In French, french toast is called pain perdu or lost bread.

.After reading from various sources on the internet, I found there are two sources of the beginning of the naming of this dish. I consider both of these theories is the most reasonable story.

First, the reason for the name french toast is because it matches the name of the maker. He is a famous baker. His name is Joseph French. Due to a typo, this bread made by Mr. French was later called a french toast. Though, it should be written as French’s toast, which means French’s bread.

The second explanation is more reasonable than the first one. The name of french toast comes from the real meaning of the language used in that era.

Results from various sources estimate the use of the name french toast occurred in the 17th century. That’s because the use of the name french toast refers to the use of the same language at that time.

Allegedly, the name of this dish comes from the Old Irish language, namely to french. In Old Irish, to french means to cut. The reason for its name is because the bread is used to make french toast. It uses cut or slice bread.

French Toast, Roman Bread Breakfast Menu

Currently, many people have breakfast with a toast menu. European or American countries usually enjoy toast for their breakfast. So is the case with this french toast.

However, based on history, french toast has been a breakfast menu since around the 4th century in Rome. The Ancient Romans preferred breakfast with their creations of bread. But apparently, they process their bread similar to the french toast that we enjoy today. After that, medieval European society began to follow this ancient Roman style of bread cooking.

Another interesting thing is the use of stale bread to make french toast. To make french toast, Europeans at that time would make it from stale bread. That’s because they think the use of this stale bread will make the bread taste more delicious.

What is the best bread choice for this recipe?

For bread, you can use whatever is on your dining table. I usually use white bread for this menu. However, you can use other bread or gluten-free and vegan bread. You can use brioche, challah, sourdough, boule, Texas toast, or a baguette.

The interesting thing, you can use bread that will go stale to make this french toast. The dry texture of the bread will be tastier and less mushy when you fry it. That’s because the bread has a firmer texture. Slightly thicker cuts also allow the bread to absorb the wet spices better.

THE INGREDIENTS OF
APPLE FRENCH TOAST

• Apple – The perfect apple is a little juicy but still maintains its firmness. Although not all types you can use, there are several options that you can choose according to your favorite. You can use Fuji Apples, Granny Smith Apples, Honeycrisps, Ambrosia, Jonagold, or Gala. Cut them into cubes.

• Bread – you can use whatever is on your dining table. I usually use white bread for this menu. However, you can use other bread or gluten-free and vegan bread. For a recommendation, you can use brioche, challah, sourdough, boule, Texas toast, or a baguette. They soak well than the other bread.

• Palm sugar – sweeten the mixture and caramelize the apples. I use brown sugar because it really suits the spices like cinnamons.

• Cinnamon – can’t stand out in the fall or winter without the cinnamon and nutmeg taste. I use cinnamon to the mixture and also apples.

• Eggs – It will make the bread crispy. The egg mixture will bind the ingredients. It levels up the taste.

• Milk – I use whole milk for this recipe. Some people add heavy cream also for this recipe. You can blend them if you like them.

• Vanilla extract – Enhance the aroma and the flavor. It will balance the sweetness.

• Butter – I use unsalted butter here. I recommend using it

• Sea Salt – enhances the savor of the apple french toast.

HOW TO MAKE
APPLE FRENCH TOAST

Beat eggs with cinnamon powder, sea salt, palm sugar, vanilla extract, nutmeg powder, and milk until evenly distributed. Set aside.

Cook ¼ of palm sugar, apple, and cinnamon powder. Stir until the palm sugar melted. Once the palm sugar melted, add milk. Stir and cook until the apple is caramelized. Transfer the apple to a bowl. Set aside.

Over medium heat, melt the butter. Dip the bread in the egg mixture until evenly coated and then cook until both sides of the bread are golden brown.

Transfer the french toast to a plate, and top it with caramelized apple. Dust the apple french toast with powdered sugar before serving. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes:

• What kind of apples do you use? Make sure to choose a crispy apple texture.
• Be sure to flatten the bread with a rolling pin.
• For bread, you can use whatever you like. The thicker bread texture is my favorite. The rest, I’ll leave.
• Do not dip the bread in the egg and spice mixture for too long. It will make your bread too soggy and soggy.
• I use palm sugar because, in my opinion, palm sugar is the best combined with spices. If you want to use white granulated sugar. You can use it too.
• In addition to apples, the filling can depend on your taste. Choose a fruit that has an apple-like texture.
• I also use powdered sugar for topping. You can add whipped cream or vanilla ice cream too.

Storaging Tips

Actually, you can make this recipe ahead of time. Store the apple and spice mixture in a closed container. However, apples are still durable fruit. After two days, the apples will turn yellow and wetter than usual.

If you spare this french toast, you can put it in the fridge in an airtight container. It may not last long either. You can reheat it in the microwave for 25 seconds.

It’s best to make the egg mixture, bread, and caramel apples separately. Then, store them separately. Making it directly when you want to eat it is the best option.

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