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Cinnamon Doughnut French Toast

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For my first blog post recipe, I knew I wanted to post something pretty special. In our house, we love a good brunch! Prior to lockdown, one of our favourite past-times was visiting a local café for a coffee and brunch. Our favourites are Coffee Apothecary (both Ellon and Udny), Cup Café on Belmont Street and the famous Food Story. However, we do also love making a good brunch at home too. But we rarely do a sweet one, so this was a different one for us.

I used to love French toast when I was a child, it was one of the first recipes I learned to make on my own, using a DK recipe book (old school haha). When I suggested to Mr E.S. that we make a French toast brunch for our Valentines foodie weekend, my imagination went wild with the possibilities of toppings and what would happen if I made it sweet (instead of with ketchup how I had it as a child).

Introducing, my Cinnamon Doughnut French Toast recipe!

Thick, soft French toast tossed in a cinnamon sugar, ready to be topped with your favourite sweet finishing touches. We had ours with fresh strawberries, smoky bacon and lashings of good quality maple syrup. If you make this one yourself, please tag me so I can see what toppings you chose!

Recipe serves 2 hungry people

Ingredients

  • 3 large eggs
  • 100ml semi-skimmed milk
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 thick slices of bread (slightly stale is best)
  • Knob of butter
  • 70g caster sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg

Method

  1. In a wide bowl or baking dish, whisk the eggs, milk and salt together.
  2. On a plate, mix the sugar and cinnamon and spread in an even layer.
  3. Heat a good non-stick frying pan and add a small knob of butter.
  4. Dip both sides of the bread quickly in the eggy mixture, not too long or else the inside of the bread becomes soaked and soggy.
  5. Put straight into the pan and flip regularly until dark golden on each side. Squash with a spatula every few flips to ensure the inside is cooked too.
  6. Once golden, take out of the pan and lay the fried bread in the sugar. Flip so both sides are covered in the cinnamon sugar and serve immediately.