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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Great for breakfast. Ingredients:
12 slices french bread, cut 1/2 thick |
1 1/4 c milk |
1/8 tsp salt |
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon |
1 1/2 c sugar |
3/4 c water |
1 cinnamon stick |
4 large eggs beaten with a pinch of salt |
vegetable shortening or butter |
Directions:
1. Trim the bread crust off the slices.
2. Mix the milk and salt. Soak the bread slices in it the dust them with cinnamon. Let stand 15-20 mins.
3. In the meantime, boil the sugar, water and cinnamon stick over mod heat to make a light syrup- 222 F on a candy thermometer- about 10 mins.
4. Dip the bread slices in the egg one at a time and fry until golden brown, turning once. Dip in the egg only as many slices as you can fry at a time.
5. Drain on paper towels and set in one overlapping layer in an appropriate platter.
6. Pour the syrup over them and refrigerate before serving.
7. NOTE: You may add 1/3 C cream sherry or Muscat wine to the milk
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