The secret to an ideal breakfast is the ease of the dishes and the simplicity of their preparation. Therefore, it is French toasts that are great for a morning meal.

Classic french toasts

To cook not too high-calorie croutons, you need to use an electric toaster. If there is no such device in the house, an ordinary frying pan will do. True, in this case, you will have to add vegetable or butter for frying, and for children, for example, fried toast is not recommended. In this case, it is advisable to use cookware with non-stick coating.

To prepare a dish according to the classic recipe, you need to prepare the following products:

  • chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • baguette loaf - 8 pieces;
  • sugar - 15-20 g;
  • cream 10% fat;
  • butter for frying - 20 g;
  • salt to taste.

Procedure:

  1. Beat eggs with sugar and salt with a fork.
  2. Add cream and mix well until smooth.
  3. Dip slices of loaf in the resulting mixture and allow to soak.
  4. Spread slices on a frying pan heated over medium heat and fry for a couple of minutes until a brownish crust is even.

If the pan does not have a non-stick coating, butter is included in the recipe. It must be melted over medium heat and the bread is fried in butter. From this taste will not suffer at all.

Buttermilk Cooking

Until recently, few knew about buttermilk. And very in vain. This fermented milk product contains vitamins and minerals necessary for the body. In fact, buttermilk is a low-fat cream. And by properties - an excellent product for making toast for breakfast.

The recipe will be like this:

  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • loaf (loaf) - 6-8 slices;
  • buttermilk - 200 ml;
  • salt - one pinch;
  • butter - 2 tablespoons.

Method of making croutons:

  1. Beat eggs, sugar and salt with a fork, mix with separately shaken buttermilk.
  2. Put all the slices of bread in the mixture for several minutes so that all the liquid is absorbed.
  3. Melt the butter in a pan and gently spread the soaked slices.
  4. Fry the croutons until a golden crust is formed for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Turn the bread carefully, with a wide spatula. Serve croutons better warm by pouring syrup or jam.

Berry treat

The classic recipe for any dish changes over time. Culinary experts are experimenting with new ingredients, and new improved options with a special taste are born. For example, an excellent breakfast for children is French toast with eggs, which are prepared without adding sugar, and eggs are driven into special cut-out cavities in the bread. But still, it is the sweet fried bread slices that lead the ranks of fans of French cuisine.

 

Here is another updated recipe:

  • loaf slices - 6-8 pcs.;
  • cow's milk - 80 ml;
  • eggs - 3 pcs.;
  • water - 2 tablespoons;
  • cream 10% - 80 ml;
  • icing sugar - 150 g;
  • cinnamon - 0.5-1 teaspoon;
  • butter - 20 g;
  • yogurt - 1 cup;
  • Frozen berries - 1.5 cups.

The process of making toast with berries:

  1. Cooking syrup with berries. To do this, half the icing sugar is mixed with water and boiled over low heat until completely dissolved. Then the syrup is brought to a boil, boiled for 4-5 minutes until thickened. Berries are added to the mixture removed from the fire.
  2. Beat the eggs with milk and cream.
  3. On a separate plate, mix the remaining powder and cinnamon.
  4. Immerse slices of loaf in the egg mixture.
  5. Fry each piece on both sides in melted butter and remove to a dish.
  6. Sprinkle icing sugar with cinnamon, spread the berries on top of the bread and serve with yogurt.

The berries in this recipe add juiciness and go well with crispbread.

Cooking Tropical Toasts

When it rains in the morning, only a gray sky is visible from the window, I want to travel to hot countries. What if you have a tropical breakfast? Solar mood guaranteed! Only this will not be the classic sweet croutons with milk. Instead of traditional cow's milk, you need coconut milk. And, of course, the king of exotic fruits is pineapple.

  • bread (loaf) - 7-8 slices;
  • butter - 3 tablespoons;
  • coconut milk - 120 ml;
  • chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • sugar - 2 tablespoons;
  • pineapple - 0.5 pcs.;
  • ground cinnamon - a pinch;
  • maple syrup for serving.

The cooking process is not very different from the traditional:

  1. Pineapple should be peeled and cut. The best form will be half rings. Each piece should be sprinkled with sugar.
  2. Then the pineapple slices are fried in melted butter on each side for 1 minute.
  3. Eggs are beaten along with coconut milk with added sugar and cinnamon.
  4. On the remaining oil, slices of loaf soaked in an egg mixture are fried. The surface of the bread should turn golden brown.
  5. Ready-made tropical toasts are served on a portioned plate. A piece of pineapple is laid on each, and all this beauty is poured with maple syrup.

In addition to pineapple, you can add other exotic fruits to taste. They decorate toasts on top when serving.

Sweet Banana Croutons

To diversify the menu of those who love toast for breakfast, you can prepare multi-layer croutons with banana filling.

The list of ingredients is pretty simple:

  • granulated sugar - 1-2 tablespoons;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • milk 2.5% - 80 ml;
  • loaf - 6-8 pieces;
  • ripe banana - 1 pc.;
  • salt to taste;
  • cooking oil for frying.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

  1. Beat eggs with milk and sugar. Milk can be replaced with yogurt.
  2. Peel the banana and cut lengthwise into thin slices, previously cut in half.
  3. Bread slices should be as thin as possible.
  4. Between two slices of loaf put a slice of banana.
  5. Dip the resulting sandwich in the prepared mixture of eggs and milk and fry on both sides to a brownish crust. You can serve both warm and cold.

Whatever recipe is used to make French toasts, it is safe to say that such a breakfast will certainly be tasty and enjoyable.

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